Be a saint…
Since everybody is calling me Holy Father, as if this was my first title, I must be and really want to be a saint.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)
Becoming a saint…
Jesus does not want from me a mediocre virtue, but a high one: He is not happy with me until I become, or at least I am committed to becoming a saint.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)
Follow the saints…
Follow the saints, because those who follow them will become saints.
–Saint Clement (First Century)
To be a saint…
If God does not desire me to be a saint, He would not have created me a reasonable being.
–Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
Imitate the saints..
In all your acts, in all your works, in all your behavior, imitate the good; be a competitor of the saints, keep your eye on the heroism of the martyrs, follow the example of the just. It is my wish that the life and teachings of the saints be for you an encouragement to virtue.
–Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636)
Lives of Saints…
Just as painters in working from models constantly gaze at their exemplar and thus strive to transfer the expression of the original to their own artistry, so too he who is anxious to make himself perfect in all kinds of virtue must gaze upon the lives of the saints and must make their excellence his own by imitation.
–Saint Basil the Great (330-379)
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