Birth: November 25, 1881 Death: June 3, 1963
Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams..
To keep me from sin and straying from Him, God has used devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. My life vows destined to be s….
I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end..
Listen to everything, forget much, correct little..
Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age..
The whole world is my family..
The conviction that all men are equal by reason of their natural dignity has been generally accepted. Hence racial discrimination can no longer be ju….
The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed tears we caused by f….
The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all o….
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father..
See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little..
The family is the first essential cell of human society..
A peaceful man does more good than a learned one..
Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said..
Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church..
Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less..
It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up complete….
O Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, I would like to be filled with love for You; keep me closely united with You, may my heart be near to Yours. I want….
Never Hesitate to hold out your hand; never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another..
I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in..
Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity..