Faith Quotes

"A good heart is always strong, it suffers, but with tears it is consoled by sacrificing itself for its neighbor and for God."

- Padre Pio

"God enriches the soul which empties itself of everything."

- Padre Pio

"The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain."

- Padre Pio

"He who attaches himself to the earth remains attached to it. It is by violence that we must leave it. It is better to detach oneself a little at a time, rather than all at once. Let us always think of heaven."

- Padre Pio

"Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our heavenly Mother and reflect on its boundless grief of how precious is our soul."

- Padre Pio

"If we are calm and persevering, we shall find not only ourselves, but our souls, and with that, God Himself."

- Padre Pio

"Love and fear must go united together, fear without love becomes cowardice. Love without fear becomes presumption. When there is love without fear, love runs without prudence and without restraint, without taking care where it is going."

- Padre Pio

"Pray that God will console you when you feel the burden of the Cross, for in doing so you are in no way acting against the will of God, but you are placing yourself beside the Son of God who asked His Father during the Agony in the Garden to send Him some relief. But if He is not willing to give it be ready to pronounce the same ‘Fiat,’ ‘So be it,’ that Jesus did."

- Padre Pio

"Let the world turn topsy turvy, everything be in darkness and Mount Sinai all aflame, covered with lightning, thunder — God is with you. But if God lives in the darkness and Mount Sinai is all aflame, covered with lightning, thunder, and noise, will we not be safe near him?"

- Padre Pio

"Time spent in honor of God and for the salvation of souls is never badly spent."

- Padre Pio

"Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernacle?"

- Padre Pio

"If we only knew how God regards this Sacrifice, we would risk our lives to be present at a single Mass."

- Padre Pio

"Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart."

- Padre Pio

"Prayer is the oxygen of the soul."

- Padre Pio

"Happiness is only found in heaven."

- Padre Pio

"Have patience and persevere in the holy exercise of meditation; be content to begin with small steps till you have legs to run, better still wings to fly."

- Padre Pio

"The field of battle between God and Satan is the human soul. It is in the soul that the battle rages every moment of life."

- Padre Pio

"It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass."

- Padre Pio

"Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes."

- Padre Pio

"May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing."

- Padre Pio

"Whosoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty."

- Bible, Psalm 91:1

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God."

- Bible, Ephesians 2:8

"Jews who long have drifted from the faith of their fathers… are stirred in their inmost parts when the old, familiar Passover sounds chance to fall upon their ears."

- Heinrich Heine, The Rabbi of Bacharach

"This Pesach the spiritual concept of AYIN—’nothingness’—has been popping up a lot in things I am listening to and reading. When the Israelites left Egypt, their destination was unknown. They had no map, no guideline for what lay ahead, no idea how long it would take them, how they would sustain themselves. They entered a desert and the realm of AYIN, which required complete surrender, trust and faith on their part. Globally, we’ve entered our own version of this AYIN—as all the structures, plans and calendars we’ve come to depend on are suspended, we enter new territory without any promise as to its length or form. But we have a belief and a tradition which teaches us that out of the AYIN the most beautiful and surprising manifestations can arise. That the empty spaces are potent grounds for rebirth and discovery. I hope this Pesach brings us closer to that."

- Micaela Ezra

"For the meal so simple, so meagre, rallies about it as of yore the members of the family, and with them their enthusiasm for the ancient faith. The scattered, even the indifferent, answer to the call of the Passover."

- Morris Joseph, Passover: Judaism as Creed and Life

"Moses said to the people, 'Remember this day, when you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a mighty hand, the Lord took you out of here, and [therefore] no leaven shall be eaten.'"

- Exodus 13:3

"When you pass through water, I am with you, and in rivers, they shall not overflow you; when you go amidst fire, you shall not be burnt, neither shall a flame burn amongst you."

- Isaiah 43:2

"So, I have made the decision to trust you."

- Rapunzel

"Begin to weave and God will give the thread."

- German Proverb

"God is within her so she can master anything."

- Psalm 46:5