Quotes by Mother Angelica - Page 3

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 / Nun
Jesus
Acting
Adapting
Apostles
Changed
Example
Giving
Holy
Praying
Temperament
Love Always Father
Conduct
Himself
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The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Salvation
Life Wisdom God
Circumstance
Exactly What
Placed
Suited
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Today's man of the world proclaims that sin, and his enterprising in sin, are a part of modern living, but it is not modern. It goes back to Adam and Eve - to desire and the temptation to know - to experience evil.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Adam
Adam And Eve
Desire
Enterprising
Evil
Sin
Temptation
Eve
Goes
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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 / Nun
Backbone
Dependent
Family Life
Mankind
Mutual
Receiving
Entails
Proper
Sharing
Successes
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Our memories are our own, and we cannot blame anything or anyone in the past for any pain dwelling there. If we open the door to them or keep hashing over past incidents in our minds, we have only ourselves to blame.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Blame
Dwelling
Memories
In The Past
We Cannot
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God always forgives when you are totally repentant and you desire to change. He forgives... and He never gets tired of forgiving. Never. You may get tired asking. I hope not. He never, never tires of forgiving. Never.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Desire
Forgiving
Tired
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Saints are ordinary people who do what they do for the love of Jesus, say what they must say without fear, love their neighbor even when they are cursed by him, and live without regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Jesus
Cursed
Neighbor
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Regret
Tomorrow
Yesterday
Saints
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The suffering of this life not only can make our temperament more like the Divine Personality of Jesus, but it detaches us from this world. This Divine preparation opens our souls to the working and pruning of the Father.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Jesus
Father
Personality
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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 / Nun
Agony
Loneliness
Loss
Rejection
Sinner
Void
Love God Death
Loved One
Similar
Suddenly
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Obedience is a strong virtue, capable of making me master of my emotions by giving me more strength to conquer my pride as I submit to those above me out of respect for their God-given authority and those below me out of love.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Authority
Capable
Conquer
Obedience
Pride
Submit
Virtue
Below
Master
God-Given
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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 / Nun
Beach
Creative
Fruit
Grain
Just One
Millions
Only Child
Past
Sand
Seashore
Unique
Beings
Loved
Grain Of Sand
Human Being
Present
Pebble
Powers
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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 / Nun
Confused
Holiness
Paradox
Life Experience Soul
Further
Life Experiences
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Mary's life was a perfect imitation of Jesus. She was humble, hidden, sorrowful and afflicted, but she also knew joys that never entered the heart of man. She is all things to all men that she might understand their failings, though she failed not.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Jesus
All Things
Imitation
Mary
Might
Perfect
Sorrowful
Life Men Heart
Afflicted
Entered
Failed
Failings
Hidden
Joys
Though
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Jesus was loyal to his apostles, with full knowledge of their cowardice. He was loyal to the poor, accepting the criticism of the Pharisees, so the destitute would never feel deserted. He was loyal to his father, accomplishing his will even unto death.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Apostles
Cowardice
Criticism
Deserted
Destitute
Loyal
Accomplishing
Unto
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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 / Nun
Grace
Trials
Blessings
Discourage
Encountered
Gain
Paul
Poured
Suffer
Sufferings
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Neighbors are competitors instead of partners, suspicious instead of trustful, indifferent instead of helpful, cold instead of loving, greedy instead of generous. We no longer consider ourselves living in neighborhoods, but only as living next to 'hoods.'
Mother Angelica / Nun
Competitors
Generous
Greedy
Indifferent
Partners
Suspicious
Neighbors
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Religious life is an encounter with the living God. Sometimes that encounter is preceded by a kind of soul-searching agony that tries desperately not to hear, runs in the opposite direction, and frantically tries to reason itself out of answering the invitation.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Agony
Religious Life
Opposite
Answering
Desperately
Encounter
Invitation
Opposite Direction
Runs
Tries
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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.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Compassionate
Good Things
Guilty
Hopeful
Might
Neglect
Not Guilty
Omission
Thoughtful
Words
Anything
Had
Attitudes
Doing
Wrong
Towards
Sins
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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 / Nun
Accustomed
Love God Good
Appeal
Capabilities
Render
Services
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Each one of us sees Jesus in a different way. To some, He was prophet, for they needed to know the kingdom was at hand. But most of all, He was the son of God, and He came to experience the consequences of the curse the Father had put upon mankind when Adam and Eve disobeyed.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Adam
Adam And Eve
Curse
Mankind
Prophet
Consequences
Different Way
Each One
Eve
Sees
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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 / Nun
Anger
Careful
Harsh
Neighbor
Our Love
Provoking
Possesses
Presence
Qualities
Upsets
Voluntarily
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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 / Nun
Accustomed
Invisible
Manifestation
Sky
Vegetables
Visual
Animate
Inanimate
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The woman is a gentle, loving bond who encourages, consoles, builds, reconciles, and makes all things new and vibrant. The woman is strength in time of suffering, courageous in failure, intuitive in time of danger. A woman is ingenuous when all fails, resourceful in times of want, and a true helpmate for man.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Failure
All Things
Courageous
Danger
Gentle
Intuitive
Resourceful
Bond
Builds
Consoles
Encourages
Fails
Vibrant
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Never put a lid on God. You can give God a thimble and ask for a quart. It won't work. Your plans, your projects, your dreams have to always be bigger than you, so God has room to operate. I want you to get good ideas, crazy ideas, extravagant ideas. Nothing is too much for The Lord to do - accent on 'The Lord'.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Dream
Crazy
Ideas
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You want to do something for the Lord...do it. Whatever you feel needs to be done, even though youre shaking in your boots, youre scared to death -- take the first step forward. The grace comes with that one step and you get the grace as you step. Being afraid is not a problem; its doing nothing when you feel afraid.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Boots
Grace
Needs
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Every individual we meet is different than we are. Members of the same family differ one from the other. Friend differs from friend, husband from wife, sister from brother, nation from nation. All these differences make 'feeling' love difficult and isolated to specific individuals according to our tastes and their personalities.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Sister
Brother
Husband
Individual
Isolated
Members
Love Family Wife
According
Differ
Tastes
Meet
Personalities
Specific
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Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Defined
Heroism
Married
Passion
Opposite
Analyzed
Cause
Wars
Excused
Explained
Friendships
Happily
Inordinate
Permits
Two People
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If you want to be holy, if you seek meaning in your life, start looking into your own life and attacking your pride in all of its many forms. God will give you extraordinary light and the ultimate reward of holiness. For your holiness relies not on what you do, but on what you allow God to do through you. Have courage. God will perfect you.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Giving
Light
Pride
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We are commanded to love God with all our strength, heart, mind and soul and our neighbor in the same way God loves us - it is the same love flowing between God and the soul - the soul and its neighbor. It is difficult, but the burden of the cross is light compared to the cross of uncontrolled emotions, anger, insistence on one's own opinion, the frustration of trying to change others rather than being changed oneself, resentment, regrets and guilt. Accepting the present moment like Jesus did is certainly a lighter burden.
Mother Angelica / Nun
Jesus
Heart
Regret
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