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Mother Angelica
American • Educator
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Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesMy life is such a contradiction. My soul yearns for holiness and then runs from the mortification necessary to attain it.— Mother Angelica
Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.— Mother Angelica
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
God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye.— 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 asks me to go to him when I am overburdened. He did not promise to take away those burdens, for I must carry mine as he carried his.— Mother Angelica
Jesus made Himself available to everyone. Unlike former prophets and the religious men of His day, who often kept themselves aloof, Jesus was easy to approach and always ready to give his help.— Mother Angelica
Many of us use God's love like the manna in the desert. We take what we need for particular situations and then go our own way - thinking we can handle other situations ourselves.— Mother Angelica
Love is an emotional feeling on a human level and a faith experience on a supernatural level.— Mother Angelica
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
Jesus feels my sorrow greater than I, for his love is infinite, and he suffers in an infinite way.— Mother Angelica
We must look at the personality of Jesus and see him under various circumstances - circumstances not unlike our own - and then praise him by imitating him to the best of our ability.— Mother Angelica
The heart of Jesus is compassionate and understanding. It has felt the sting of ingratitude, and when my heart suffers from that same offense, I can turn to him, and he understands my feelings.— Mother Angelica
Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.— Mother Angelica
Some people spend their time reasoning and thinking out everything, and so anything that cannot be fully understood, they will not accept. We call these people 'intellectuals.'— Mother Angelica