“ In moments when fever, agony, and pain make it hard to pray, the suggestion of prayer that comes from merely holding the rosary - or better still, from caressing the Crucifix at the end of it - is tre… Fulton J. Sheen
“ The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness Pope Benedict XVI
“ In the Code of Canon Law, it states clearly: 'A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession.' I haven’t attend… Phillip Andrew Bennett Low
“ I reflected on other victims I had met and how they were raped right on the altars of their own churches. Some of them were altar boys, and they were abused before or after mass. An altar boy walked r… Charles L. Bailey Jr.
“ I was amazed, shocked, and sickened by what I heard throughout the day, over and over, by many victims' stories. I can think of no one with whom I didn't recognize a common thread. These monsters, the… Charles L. Bailey Jr.
“ They like to use those fancy words. They don't like to say “raped,'” he said. “They say “misdeed,' “inappropriate touching,' “mistake.' That's insulting. I'm not a mistake. Charles L. Bailey Jr.
“ How often do we hear from the local diocesan people—the bishop, the communications director, the victim assistance coordinator, and others—that this abuse is not restricted to clergy, but, rather, it… Charles L. Bailey Jr.
“ The Rochester group [of VOTF], however, was met with some concern as they found it hard to believe my account as it unfolded before them. I feel that some people have a hard time with the truths aroun… Charles L. Bailey Jr.
“ He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent. Kelsey Brickl
“ Faustus, who embraced evil and shunned righteousness, became the foremost symbol of the misuse of free will, that sublime gift from God with its inherent opportunity to choose virtue and reject iniqui… E.A. Bucchianeri
“ We pay a heavy, very heavy price for the superhuman dignity of our calling. The ridiculous is always so near to the sublime. And the world, usually so indulgent to foibles, hates ours instinctively. Georges Bernanos
“ The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has... E.A. Bucchianeri
“ An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ By becoming clearly contemplative in a matter of weeks, my prayer had been given a particular and novel cast; and this was matched by the distinctness in the reprecussions my daily sessions of exercis… Jean Déchanet
“ 1862 ...although we can judge that an act is in itself a grave offense, we must entrust judgment of persons to the justice and mercy of God. The Catholic Church
“ Why, observe the thing; turn it over; hold it up to the window; count the beads, long, oval, like some seaweed bulbs, each an amulet. See the tint; it's very old; like clots of sunshine, aren't they?… Harriet Prescott Spofford
