The Quotable Catholic

 

"Giovanni Battista Piranesi, "Veduta dell' insigne Basilica Vaticana coll'ampio Portico, e Piazza adjacente"

 

What Catholics once were, we are. If we are wrong, then Catholics through the ages have been wrong.
We are what you once were. We believe what you once believed.
We worship as you once worshipped. If we are wrong now, you were wrong then. If you were right then, we are right now.
Robert DePiante

When you crash against the rock, you will not damage the rock but you
will hurt yourself.
Fr Corapi

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
St. Thomas Aquinas

Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.
Padre Pio

An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
Fulton Sheen

Christ said, “I am the Truth”; he did not say “I am the custom.”
St. Toribio

Show me in the Bible where it says, ‘Only The Bible’ (sola scriptura).
Fr Corapi

He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.
Pope Leo I

Baloney is the unvarnished lie laid on so thick you hate it. Blarney is flattery laid on so thin you love it.
Fulton Sheen

The real question today is not when human life begins, but: “What is the value of human life?”
Ronald Reagan

When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now.
Mother Teresa

My grandmother, who had only an eighth grade education, knew more than
many theologians because she knew the truth.
Fr Corapi

Prayer is the oxygen of the soul.
Padre Pio

When you are getting kicked from the rear it means you are in front.
Fulton Sheen

It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.
Padre Pio

An acorn is an acorn, it cannot develop into a rabbit.
Fr Corapi

Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
John Henry Newman

Not 100 in the United States hate the Roman Catholic Church, but millions hate what they mistakenly think the Roman Catholic Church is.
Fulton Sheen

No prayer, no power.A little prayer, a little power.A lot of prayer, a lot of power! Never forget this.
A Catholic priest

Our arms are too short to box with God.
Fr Corapi

How can we survive as a free Nation when some decide that others are not fit to live, and should be done away with.
Ronald Reagan

Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.
Richard Morris

We do not know who is in Heaven as our vantage point is not high enough.
Fr Corapi

Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary, use words.
St. Francis of Assisi

Mary Magdalen, a no good, filthy, prostitute, and look at her now.
Fr Corapi

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ
St. Jerome

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald Reagan

If you don’t know about love, then you had better look at a crucifix fast.
Fr Corapi

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa

How do you test the teacher for false teachings? You test the students.
Fr Corapi

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. Ronald Reagan

To love God is something greater than to know Him.
St. Thomas Aquinas

The definition of heresy is, ‘pick and choose’.
Fr Corapi

Right is right, even if no one is right. Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is wrong.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.
Pope St. Pius X

It is easy to praise the Lord when everything is going alright. Just
let us stub our toe and see if the praise still continues.
Fr Corapi

“Faith is what gets you started. Hope is what keeps you going. Love is what brings you to the end.”
Mother Angelica

The divorce rate is within 2 percentage points of the ones using
contraceptives.
Fr Corapi

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
Ronald Reagan

Jesus taught orally, He did not write a book.
Fr Corapi

Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face.
Ronald Reagan

If He went through torture and crucifixion, then how could we not put up
with criticism.
Fr Corapi

I’ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born
Ronald Reagan

Don’t mess with a strong man’s bride.
Fr Corapi