Quotes from Mother Angelica
Every Christian who strives for holiness of life experiences dryness of soul. It is to most people a heart-rending experience. It is a paradox, for the soul becomes confused when it realizes the harder it strives the further away Jesus seems to be.
- Mother Angelica
We often forget that everything we see, animate or inanimate, is a visual manifestation of the work of our invisible God. We have become so accustomed to trees, mountains, sky, air, water, flowers, animals, vegetables and people that we no longer see them for what they are - God's work.
- Mother Angelica
The sinner who suddenly realizes God's love for him and then looks at his rejection of that love feels a loss similar to the death of a loved one. A deep void is created in the soul and a loneliness akin to the agony of death.
- Mother Angelica
When our neighbor's personality possesses harsh qualities, we show our love by not voluntarily provoking those qualities in any way. Past experience shows us what upsets a person, so in their presence we are careful not to do or say those things that cause anger. We are self-effacing.
- Mother Angelica
When I try to be patient on my own, my patience is forced and short-lived. It is obvious to everyone that I am desperately trying to be patient.
- Mother Angelica
God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye.
- Mother Angelica
I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist.
- Mother Angelica
Married life has become to many a necessary burden, but a burden that is shed very easily.
- Mother Angelica
My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective.
- Mother Angelica
Family life is the backbone of mankind, and that life is dependent upon mutual giving, sharing, and receiving from each other. It entails the proper use of each other's successes and failures for mutual up-building.
- Mother Angelica
From the time of Adam and Eve, man has tried to escape suffering in any form.
- Mother Angelica
To a pagan, there is no purpose to suffering. As a result, he lives a life of loneliness and frustration.
- Mother Angelica