Mother Angelica Quotes

American - Educator

Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity. Mother Angelica

Forgiveness, Passion, Compassion, Hate

When we begin to build walls of prejudice, hatred, pride, and self-indulgence around ourselves, we are more surely imprisoned than any prisoner behind concrete walls and iron bars. Mother Angelica

Pride, Prejudice, Hatred, Build, Walls

Each angel that God created was in himself a masterpiece. Each one possessed his own degree of intelligence and his own beauty. Mother Angelica

Beauty, God, Intelligence, Angel, Own

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

Memories, Pain, Past, Blame, Door, Minds

God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye. Mother Angelica

God, Eye, Grass, Himself, Insect, Knows

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

Love, Strength, Respect, Strong, Pride

My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective. Mother Angelica

Failure, God, Perspective, Myself, Learn

We live in an age of technology and science that demands proof, and yet we desire mystery. But when God gives us mystery, we seek to destroy it by gross indifference or childish reasoning. Mother Angelica

Technology, Age, God, Science, Live

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

Good, God, Soul, Grace, World, Person

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

Good, Words, Thoughts, Good Things, Kind

A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible reality. Mother Angelica

Reality, Invisible, Sign, Visible

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

Cold, Loving, Living, Neighbors, Greedy

From the time of Adam and Eve, man has tried to escape suffering in any form. Mother Angelica

Man, Time, Suffering, Escape, Tried, Any

God has always worked wonders through his prophets to increase the faith of His chosen people or to correct their disobedience. Mother Angelica

Faith, God, People, Always, Through

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

Father, Son, God, Experience, Know, Way

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

Love, Fear, Live, People, Tomorrow, Say

Saints are ordinary people who love Jesus, try to be like him, are faithful to the duties of their state in life, sacrifice themselves for their neighbor, and keep their hearts and minds free of this world. Mother Angelica

Life, Love, Sacrifice, World, People

At Baptism, I received grace - that quality that makes me share in the very nature of God. Mother Angelica

Nature, God, Quality, Me, Grace, Baptism

I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist. Mother Angelica

Morning, Fame, Ask, Like, Mist, Away

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

Life, Family, Giving, Sharing, Backbone

A family spirit is not always synonymous with family life. Bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh makes for brothers, sisters and relatives, who may be as distant as strangers in a foreign land. Mother Angelica

Life, Family, Strangers, Spirit, Always

I am a mirror to my neighbor, and in that mirror, he must see a reflection of Jesus. If that mirror is cloudy or distorted, Jesus' reflection will be so vague it will hardly be seen. Mother Angelica

Reflection, Mirror, I Am, See, Cloudy

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

Love, Beautiful, Passion, Together, Live

When anyone arouses my anger, I will immediately pray for them and regain my peace of soul. Mother Angelica

Peace, Anger, Soul, Will, Pray, Pray For

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

Memories, Time, Past, Thoughts, Enough

When I try to be patient on my own, my patience is forced and short-lived. It is obvious to everyone that I am desperately trying to be patient. Mother Angelica

Patience, I Am, Trying, My Own, Try, Own

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