Quotes About Faith

It is impossible to be bored at Mass if you come to listen to what God has to say to you right now in your life. It doesn't matter how good or bad the homily is; God will speak to you through it. It doesn't matter how good or bad the music is; God will speak to you through it. Whether it is a wonderful, prayerful mood or there are kids running up and down the aisle throwing crayons and eating potato chips; God will speak to you.

When we hear our talents calling us forth, we hear the voice of God inviting us to fully participate in the adventure of salvation.

Being gentle with yourself consists of realizing your faults, failings, and weaknesses, and dealing with them appropriately. God doesn't want us to beat ourselves up. He wants us to press on and try again.

You cannot live without dreams. Dreams foster hope, and hope is one of the forces by which men and women live.

We are afraid because we don't know how things are going to work out, but things are going to work out.

The surest signs of holiness are an insatiable desire to become all God created us to be, an unwavering commitment to the will of God, and an unquenchable concern for unholy people.

You could fill whole libraries with the lies that have been told about Christians and Christianity. The world lies about this subject more than anything else.

If I spend my life preoccupied with me and my own happiness, I will live life missing the deepest joy that God has for me. When

When holiness emerges in any place and time, all men and women of good will are inspired.

don't let your past rob you of your future. You are more than the worst thing that has ever happened to you. You are more than the worst thing you have ever done. God is never more than one choice away.

Perhaps at this time in your life you are tired and frustrated—with your career, with your marriage, with your children, with society, with your spiritual life—but Jesus is saying to you, "Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch." In the story we know that Simon and his friends listen to Jesus and do what he suggests, and they

Lies are always swirling around Christianity. Other common lies today include: Christians hate all non-Christians; Christians think everyone else is going to hell; smart people are not Christian; Christianity is dying and won't be around for much longer.

catch so many fish that their nets begin to tear and they need help from fishermen in other boats to haul in the catch. Over and over in life, God challenges us to abandon our doubts and fears and cast our nets into the deep waters of the spiritual life. It is never convenient, it is almost always difficult, and it is sometimes quite painful, but if we heed the Lord's direction we will always bring in a huge catch. Don't be afraid of the deep places.

The point is our actions can tip the balance between hope and despair.

If you sense that something is missing in your life, stop ignoring it. Start paying attention to it. God is trying to tell you something.

Hope is not merely a wish that something good might happen—it is the firm confidence and desire that the promises of God will be fulfilled.

There is enough time today to carry out everything God wants me to.

Loving Father, Here I am. I trust that you have an incredible plan for me. Transform me. Transform my life. Everything is on the table. Take what you want to take and give what you want to give. Transform me into the person you created me to be, so I can live the life you envision for me. I hold nothing back; I am 100 percent available. How can I help? Amen.

More than just a time and a place to pray, Dynamic Catholics have a routine within their routine. When they sit down to pray each day, they don't just see what happens; they have a routine within the routine. They tend to begin their time of prayer in very specific ways: by reading the Bible, praying the morning prayers of the Church, reading from a favorite spiritual book, etc.

Joan of Arc wrote, "I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, and yet they give their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it and then it's gone. But to surrender what you are and to live without belief is more terrible than dying—even more terrible than dying young.

God wants us to be people of possibility, and people of

When you know you are doing the will of God, that alone is enough to sustain your happiness. When you don't have that, all the possessions in the world cannot sustain happiness in the depths of your heart.

Nunca faltes a tu tiempo de oración diaria. Si surge algo inesperado, hazlo más temprano, pero nunca pospongas tu oración. Si lo haces, te encontrarás casi inevitablemente al final del día habiendo estado ocupado con tantas cosas que significan muy poco en el gran esquema de las cosas, pero sin pasar tiempo con Dios de esta manera tan poderosa y personal

you never knew how things might go on Judgment Day.