Catholic Quotes - Page 4

• I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.

  Pope John Paul II

  Song, Sweet, Teeth

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

  Pope John Paul II

  Death, Dying, Victim

  "Pope John Paul Assails 'Free Love' in Poland". www.nytimes.com. June 05, 1991.

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• The Roman Catholic Church isn't going to change its theologies.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Church, Theology, Catholic Church

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• I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over.

  Will Smith

  Crush, Girl, Church

  "Will Smith Interview - I AM LEGEND". Interview with Steve Weintraub, collider.com. December 10, 2007.

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• Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

  Mother Teresa

  Faith, Light, Giving

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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• I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.

  Simone Weil

  Christian, Civilization, Aggravation

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• I'm a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends.

  Paul Begala

  School, Vacation, Friend Love

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• Because I cannot rely on myself, I rely on Him, twenty-four hours a day.

  Mother Teresa

  Twenties, Four, Hours

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• When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

  Harri Holkeri

  Church, Problem, Conflict

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• Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.

  Francis Arinze

  Religious, People, Church

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• In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Evil, Purity And Love, Flesh

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• All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God, though not always of the same kind; for that Love one while shining on the soul we call grace, which makes us acceptable to His Divine Majesty; when it strengthens us to do well, it is called Charity; but when it attains its fullest perfection, in which it not only leads us to do well, but to act carefully, diligently, and promptly, then it is called Devotion.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Real, Perfection, Shining

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• The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, Church, May

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.2362, Cosimo, Inc.

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• This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Men, Perfection

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• Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.

  Pope John Paul II

  War, Absence, Unshakable Faith

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• To sing is to pray twice.

  Saint Augustine

  Praying, Classical Music

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• When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Religious, Safety, Storm

  "Figure of Speech" by Gerry Turcotte, www.prairiemessenger.ca. May 03, 2017.

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• Marital love is a reflection of how God loves. It is free, total, faithful and fruitful.

  Christopher West

  Reflection, Love Is, Faithful

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• Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.

  Anthony of Padua

  Christian, Journey, Long

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• We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.

  Saint Basil

  Silence, Return, Thanks

  Saint Basil (2010). “Ascetical Works (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 9)”, p.137, CUA Press

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• Concern yourself not with what you tried
  and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

  Pope John XXII

  Motivational, Success, Hope

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• Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Temptation, Realizing

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• Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

  Teresa of Avila

  Inspirational, Humility, Saint

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “Book of the foundations. Minor prose works. Poems. Documents. Indices”

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• To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

  Teresa of Avila

  Humility, Saint, Gone

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• The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

  Saint Patrick

  Heart, Understanding, Sin

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