God has always worked wonders through his prophets to increase the faith of His chosen people or to correct their disobedience. – Mother Angelica
Jesus told us to learn from him how to be meek and humble of heart. We must look at his life if we are to have any concept of what humility is all about. – Mother Angelica
Jesus was happy when people acknowledged his dignity and saddened when they did not, but he never sought their esteem or regard. – Mother Angelica
We are so accustomed to love on a human level that we find loving God for Himself either impossible or beyond our capabilities. We tend to love those who appeal to us, render us a service, or are good to us. In the degree they perform these various services, we love them. – Mother Angelica
Like Jesus, every human being has enough memories in his past to occupy his time and thoughts continually. It is not the remembrance of these incidents but the reliving of them that creates havoc in our souls. – Mother Angelica
Every moment of life is like a sacrament in which we can receive God. It is a channel through which God speaks to us, forms us, and directs us. – Mother Angelica
I cannot bring Christ to my neighbor and to the world if I have not first given him to my family. – Mother Angelica
I am not like a pebble on the beach – a grain of sand on the seashore or just one of millions of human beings past, present and future. No, I am a unique human being loved by God as if I were an only child – the only fruit of his creative powers. – Mother Angelica
St. Paul did not want the sufferings encountered by being a Christian to discourage or dishearten anyone. He realized that when the Christian saw the blessings and grace that poured upon him after his trials, he would gain courage to suffer in his turn. – Mother Angelica
I must listen as God speaks to my soul through good thoughts, inspirations, and intuitions. – Mother Angelica
Married life has become to many a necessary burden, but a burden that is shed very easily. – Mother Angelica
To a pagan, there is no purpose to suffering. As a result, he lives a life of loneliness and frustration. – Mother Angelica
When man invents or produces anything of any value, volumes are written on the subject. – Mother Angelica
Jesus showed me what it means to be holy – he did his father’s will no matter how difficult it was to accomplish. – Mother Angelica
Healing and miracles have been a mystery to men of all times. To some, the phenomenon is frightening, while others find it exhilarating. – Mother Angelica
God’s grace is at its best in weakness, so we need never fear our weakness. In fact, these weaknesses will determine in what way we shall glorify God for all eternity. – Mother Angelica
Men climb mountains, scale heights, venture into the unexplored to prove to other men it can be done. – Mother Angelica
The proud intellectual seeks knowledge about God, but he never knows God, because he cannot accept the mysteries that he is unable to fully comprehend. – Mother Angelica
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. – Mother Angelica
Every retarded, deformed, crippled, handicapped, or senile person, who has been baptized, is a powerhouse for good in a wicked world by reason of the grace of God that dwells in his soul. – Mother Angelica
God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye. – Mother Angelica
Jesus did not always like the Apostles’ way of acting, but by adapting himself to their temperament, praying for them to his father, giving them a holy example of conduct, he loved them, and that love changed them. – Mother Angelica
No man can see God in this life and live because His glory would annihilate our poor, weak human nature. – Mother Angelica
To see a friend who has suffered the loss of all things begin again with trust and love, gives us strength to continue on. – Mother Angelica
God’s word is always effective and produces whatever it expresses. My words, on the contrary, cannot create anything; I can only change what already is into something else. – Mother Angelica