Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than one’s fear.
Tell the Emperor that I am a Christian and will suffer the same fate as the Christians - Saint Florian
This is my last hour of life, listen to me attentively: if I have held communication with foreigners, it has been for my religion and for my God. It is for Him that I die.
Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph is living proof of Saint Mother Teresa’s famous quote: “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
These Saints Nereus and Achilleus, before whom we are assembled, despised the world and trampled it under their feet when peace, riches and health gave it charms - St. Gregory the Great