When all is said and done, the saints challenge us to become holy. Our discomfort with the saints is proof of our discomfort with our calling to live authentic lives. We have banished the saints from our modern practice of Catholicism because when they are present it is impossible to forget that we are called to holiness.
–Matthew Kelly (1973-
If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Keep well and be what you are supposed to be– a saint.
–Blessed Luisitia Josefa (1866-1937)
If you want to become a saint, be like a child. A child does not comprehend theories of behavior, but it does watch its mother and imitates her conduct, believing her to know everything and always to be correct. Therefore, look to our mother Mary and imitate her example and you will become a saint.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002)
Let the young man look after the flesh, and the old man after avarice, and we shall all be saints together.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
