Step Out of the Boat - Thoughts from the Saints

"I am not afraid.  I was born to do this."

Joan of Arc

"Mother Angelica is proof that we are not limited by others' perceptions, and that God sometimes calls the most unlikely people to great things."

Raymond Arroyo

“I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security.”

Pope Francis

"If it wasn't for people, we could all be holy!"

Mother Angelica

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”
Mother Teresa

“A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.”  

St. John Paul II

"You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.”  

St. Agustine

"His Mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you."

John 2:5

“Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
Christ's compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.”
St. Teresa of Avila

"Jesus is with me.  I have nothing to fear."

Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

"Pray, Hope, Don't Worry."

Padre Pio

"Do not be satisfied with little things because God wants great things."

St. Catherine of Siena

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

Corrie ten Boom

'The World does not need what women have.  It needs what women are."

 Edith Stein

"Remember to play after every storm."
Mattie Stepanek