Church Quotes
The
following quotes were displayed on the
signs of our Church and reproduced below,
including their exact sources,
to satisfy the curious and
promote the reading of the
Fathers of the Church.
2013
“Happy is he who has
everything he wants, but wants nothing wrongly.” St.
Augustine, The
Trinity, Book 13,
ch. 2, 8, ed./tr. Edmund Hill, O.P., New City Press (Hyde
Park, NY: 2002), p. 349.
“Jesus,
alive and true, is ever present in our midst, to guide our
life, to open our eyes."
- Pope Benedict XVI, Apr. 11, 2012
“St. Joseph gave the
whole of himself to Mary and to Jesus.” Pope Benedict
XVI, General
Audience, Dec.
28, 2011.
“When one has pity on the
poor, he lends to God.” St. Cyprian of Carthage,
The Lord’s Prayer,
ch. 33, in The
Fathers of the Church: Vol. 36, Saint Cyprian,
tr. and ed. Roy J. Deferrari, The Catholic University of
America Press (Washington, D.C.: 2007, 3rd
reprinting, 1st
paperback reprint of 1958 original), p. 156.
“We seek from the Lord
that his named be hallowed in us.” St. Cyprian of
Carthage, The
Lord’s Prayer, ch.
12, in The Fathers
of the Church: Vol. 36, Saint Cyprian,
tr. and ed. Roy J. Deferrari, The Catholic University of
America Press (Washington, D.C.: 2007, 3rd
reprinting, 1st
paperback reprint of 1958 original), p. 136.
“The greater sacrifice to
God is our peace and fraternal concord.” St. Cyprian of
Carthage, The
Lord’s Prayer, ch.
23, in The Fathers
of the Church: Vol. 36, Saint Cyprian,
tr. and ed. Roy J. Deferrari, The Catholic University of
America Press (Washington, D.C.: 2007, 3rd
reprinting, 1st
paperback reprint of 1958 original), p. 148.
“To behold and grasp God
is only permitted to the pure in heart.” St. Augustine,
The Trinity,
Book 8, ch. 3, 6, ed./tr. Edmund Hill, O.P., New City Press
(Hyde Park, NY: 2002), p. 246.
“The Holy Family is the
icon of the domestic Church, the family, called to pray
together.” Pope Benedict XVI,
General Audience,
Dec. 28, 2011.
Quotes from 2012
Quotes from 2011
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