Quotes from Mother Angelica

Faith is what gets you started. Hope is what keeps you going. Love is what brings you to the end.

You can't go to Heaven hating somebody. Forgive now. Be compassionate now. Be patient now. Be grateful now. Love Jesus and Mary now. Accept God's will now.

Sometimes my worst day - one filled with pain and suffering - in the eyes of God, is my best day if I've born it cheerfully and I've born it with love.

Lord # God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life.

Jesus showed me what it means to be holy - he did his father's will no matter how difficult it was to accomplish.

To see a friend who has suffered the loss of all things begin again with trust and love, gives us strength to continue on.

It's your obligation to speak the truth, and everyone can either take it or leave it. But truth must be in us. We live in such a poverty of truth today.

We resemble computers intellectually and animals emotionally.

It is good to have an intellectual awareness of our dependence upon God - to understand how great He is and how very small we are in His sight.

When man invents or produces anything of any value, volumes are written on the subject.

Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing.

There are many who are not guilty of doing anything wrong but very guilty of sins of omission - the things they neglect to do - the good things - the kind, thoughtful words, compassionate thoughts and hopeful attitudes they might have had towards their neighbor.