Fifth Sunday of Easter, Cycle B
You have to prune so you can grow.
—Liz Montigny, goals coach and retreat leader
Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
—Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
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You have to prune so you can grow.
—Liz Montigny, goals coach and retreat leader
Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
—Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
The sheep that will stray is the most obstreperous, troublesome one.
—Desmond Tutu
Know the difference between a good and a bad shepherd: the good shepherd cares for the welfare of his flock, but the bad shepherd cares only for his own welfare.
—Saint Thomas Aquinas
I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.
—Saint Ignatius
Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ!
—Saint Jerome
There is always more work to be done on this side of heaven.
—Father Josh Johnson
May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.
—Mother Teresa
Souls that make an appeal to my mercy delight me. To such souls I grant even more graces than they ask.
—Words of Divine Mercy as revealed to Saint Faustina Kowalska
We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.
—Pope Francis, Evangelii Guadium
God made us for joy. God is joy, and the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
—Saint John Paul II
The joy of the gospel is for all people: no one can be excluded.
—Pope Francis
The story of Easter is the story of God's wonderful window of divine surprise.
—author Carl Knudsen
That we may walk in newness of life, Lord, hear us.
That we may advance in the knowledge of You,
That we may grow in grace,
That we may ever have the bread of life,
That we may persevere unto the end,
That we may have confidence before You at your coming,
That we may behold Your face with joy,
That we may be placed at Your right hand in the judgment,
That we may have our lot with the saints, Lord, hear us.
—Cardinal John Henry Newman, Litany of the Resurrection
It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.
—Fyodor Dostoyevsky
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
—Cardinal John Henry Newman
There is nothing permanent except change.
—Heraclitus
This is how you pray continually—not by offering prayer in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so that your life becomes one continuous and uninterrupted prayer.
—Saint Basil the Great
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
—Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
The Bible is very easy to understand—but we pretend to be unable to understand it, because we know very well that the minute we do, we are obligated to act accordingly.
—Søren Kierkegaard
Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.
—Michael Novak
The cross is the school of love.
—Saint Maximilian Kolbe
God had one son on Earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
—Saint Augustine of Hippo
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