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Words from Catholic Saints wey dey inspire us:
“Pain and suffering don enter your life, but remember say pain, sorrow and suffering na just the kiss of Jesus — na sign say you don come so near Him that E fit kiss you.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“Without the load of affliction, e no possible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace dey increase as the struggle dey increase.” St. Rose of Lima
“Soul wey humble no dey trust itself, but e dey put all im confidence for God.” St. Faustina
“Faith na to believe wetin you no dey see. The reward of faith na to see wetin you believe.” St. Augustine of Hippo
“I no dey trust love wey no cost person anything and wey no dey pain am.” Pope Francis
“Know say the greatest service wey person fit offer God na to help souls turn to God.” St. Rose of Lima
“The secret of happiness na to live each moment as e come and to thank God for everything wey E, for Im goodness, dey send give us day after day.” St. Gianna Molla
“Apart from sin, worry na the greatest evil wey fit happen to a soul. God command you to pray, but E forbid you to worry.” St. Francis de Sales
“And the Lord tell me, ‘My pikin, na through suffering you dey please Me pass. For the suffering wey you dey face for your body and for your mind, My daughter, no look for sympathy from things wey God create. I want make the sweet smell of your suffering pure, without anything wey mix with am. I want make you free yourself from attachment, no be only to things wey God create, but to yourself too…The more you come to love suffering, My daughter, the purer your love for Me go be.'” St. Maria Faustina Kowalska: God Mercy for My Soul
“Make nobody mourn say e don fall again and again: because forgiveness don rise from the grave!” St. John Chrysostom
“Faith for the resurrection of Jesus dey tell us say every human being get future; the cry for life wey no go end, wey dey inside every person, don truly get answer. God dey: na the real message of Easter be that. Anybody wey even begin understand wetin this mean go also know wetin e mean for God to redeem person.” Pope Benedict XVI
“Mary, wey be the Virgin Most Pure, na also the Refuge of Sinners. She know wetin sin be, no be because she don fall into sin, or because she don taste the bitter regret wey sin dey bring, but because she see wetin sin do her Divine Son.” Venerable Fulton Sheen
“The world dey offer you comfort, but no be for comfort dem make you. Na for greatness dem make you.” Pope Benedict XVI
“Na the Eucharist be the secret of my day. E dey give strength and meaning to all the work wey I dey do to serve the Church and the world.” Pope Saint John Paul II
“Nobody ever achieve anything great without enduring plenty things.” St. Catherine of Siena
“For inside my deepest wound, I see Your glory, and the brightness dazzle me.” St. Augustine of Hippo
“I don discover this thing wey sound like contradiction: if you love reach where e dey pain, pain fit no remain again, na only more love go remain.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“True love dey demand plenty from us, but na inside the very things wey e dey demand its beauty dey.” Pope Francis
“No be all of us fit do great things, but we fit do small things with great love.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“To get right to do something no mean at all say to do am na the right thing.” G.K. Chesterton
“No be all the saints start well, but dem finish well.” St. John Vianney
“Keep your eyes on God and leave the work for Him to do. Na only that one you need concern yourself with.” St. Jane Frances de Chantal
“The devil dey fear hearts wey dey burn with love for God.” St. Catherine of Siena
“When temptation come meet person, na sign say the soul dey please the Lord well-well.” St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
“E no good make we allow our thoughts disturb us or worry us at all.” St. Teresa of Ávila
“No ever fear say you dey love the Blessed Virgin too much. You no fit ever love her pass as Jesus love her.” St. Maximilian Kolbe
“Na the saint wey stand against each generation pass dey bring that generation to conversion.” G.K. Chesterton
“If God send plenty sufferings your way, na sign say He get great plans for you, and He surely want make you become saint.” St. Ignatius of Loyola
“Na for You dem make our hearts, O Lord, and dem no go get rest until dem rest for You.” St. Augustine of Hippo
“Jesus, help me make my life simple as I dey learn the kind person wey You want make I be – and become that person.” St. Thérèse of Lisieux
“Person wey get God no lack anything: God alone dey enough.” St. Teresa of Ávila
“Spread love everywhere wey you go. Make nobody ever come meet you leave without more happiness.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“Life with Christ na wonderful journey wey full of new experiences.” St. John Paul II
“No fear, I dey with you; no let your heart fail; na Me be your God. I go give you strength, help you, and hold you up with My right hand of justice.” Isaiah 41:10
“Na today the future dey start, no be tomorrow.” St. John Paul the Great
“The Lord dey show human beings love, and He dey quick to forgive, but He no dey quick to punish. So make nobody lose hope say e fit receive salvation.” St. Cyril of Jerusalem
“You no go ever happy if your happiness depend only on getting wetin you want. Change wetin you dey focus on. Get new centre for your life. Want wetin God want, and nobody go take your joy from you.” Venerable Fulton Sheen
“Be the person wey God mean make you be, and you go set the world on fire!” St. Catherine of Siena
“One single act of pure love dey please Me pass one thousand prayers wey no perfect.” Jesus (As St. Faustina report am)
“Even if army camp against me, my heart no dey fear; even if dem wage war against me, even then I still dey trust.” Psalm 27:3
“True love na to do good to people wey dey do us evil, and through that way win dem over.” St. Alphonsus Liguori
“Faith be like bright ray of sunlight. E dey help us see God inside all things, and all things inside God.” St. Francis de Sales
“Di Holy Spirit dey lead us like mama. E dey hold His pikin for hand lead am…just as person wey dey see dey lead blind person.” St. John Vianney
“I no fit do big things, but I want do everything, even di smallest things, so that God go receive greater glory.” St. Dominic Savio
“If you no fit feed hundred people, then feed just one person.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“Father, I dey seek: I dey hesitate and I no sure, but You go watch over every step wey I take and guide me, O God.” St. Augustine of Hippo
“I love You, O my God, and di only thing wey I want na to love You till my last breath. I love You, O my God wey deserve love without end, and I prefer to die as I dey love You than to live without loving You. I love You, Lord, and di only grace wey I dey ask for na to love You for all eternity…My God, if my tongue no fit talk every moment say I love You, I want make my heart repeat am to You every time wey I breathe.” St. John Vianney
“We suppose love God because of who E be, for two reasons; nothing make sense pass this, and nothing get benefit pass am.” St. Bernard of Clairvaux
“If you be wetin you suppose be, you go set di whole world on fire!” St. Catherine of Siena
“To bring somebody to conversion, go hold di person for hand and guide am.” St. Thomas Aquinas
“If you humble yourself, nothing go shake you, whether na praise or disgrace, because you know wetin you be.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“No put too much value for di good things wey people think about you, because My love for you dey perfect. During My life for earth, I endure humiliation and scorn, and I live life wey people no notice. Na so I give My Father glory, lay di foundation of My Church, and put right di evils wey pride cause. Na this path you must follow.” Our Lord to Blessed Maria Celeste Crostarosa
Quotes About Suffering:
“I want suffer and even rejoice because of love, because na my own way to scatter flowers be this. Any flower wey I find, I go scatter im petals for you; and all through that time, I go dey sing; yes, I go always dey sing, even when I dey gather roses for inside thorns; and di longer and sharper di thorns be, di sweeter my song go be!” St. Thérèse of Lisieux
“Make nobody think say person wey dey suffer no dey pray. E dey offer im suffering to God, and many times, e dey pray plenty, and im prayer dey more genuine than di one of person wey go stay alone dey meditate tire, and if e manage squeeze out small tears, e go think say na prayer be that.” St. Teresa of Ávila
“When I draw back from suffering, Jesus dey correct me and tell me say E no refuse to suffer. Then I go talk say ‘Jesus, make Your will happen, no be my own’. At last, I don sure say na only God fit make me happy, and na for Him I don put all my hope…” St. Gemma Galgani
“People wey dey pray and suffer, wey leave action for other people, no go shine here for earth; but di crown wey dem go wear for di kingdom of life go shine well well! Make blessing dey upon di ‘apostolate of suffering’!” St. Josemaría Escrivá
I no know wetin go happen to me; na only one thing I know for sure: di Lord no go ever fail to fulfil His promises. “No fear, I go make you suffer, but I go also give you di strength to suffer,” na wetin Jesus dey tell me continually. “I want make your soul become pure and pass through testing by hidden martyrdom every day”. . .“How many times,” Jesus tell me just small time ago, “you for don abandon Me, my son, if I no crucify you.” St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
“Cross wey person carry with simple heart, without turning back again and again to love of self wey dey make troubles look bigger than dem be, no be cross again. Suffering wey person bear with peace no be suffering again. We dey complain about suffering! We for get more reason to complain if we no dey suffer, since nothing dey make us resemble Our Lord pass to carry His Cross. Oh, di way soul dey join with Our Lord Jesus Christ through di love and power of His Cross beautiful well well!” St. John Vianney
“Trials and troubles dey give us chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. For times like this, di Lord dey come to us like doctor to heal di wounds wey our sins leave. Trouble na medicine from God.” St. Augustine of Hippo
“As we dey look forward to di Kingdom of God, hope for di glory wey start from di Cross of Christ join with am. Di Resurrection reveal this glory — di glory of di end time. … People wey share for di sufferings of Christ, God also dey call dem, through their own sufferings, to share for glory” St. John Paul II, Salvifici Doloris
Quote dem for Lent:
“As Lent na time to love more, listen to Jesus wey dey thirst…’Turn from sin and believe,’ na wetin Jesus dey tell us. Wetin we need to turn from? The way we no dey care, and our hard heart. Wetin we need to believe? Jesus still dey thirst even now, inside your heart and among poor people — He know your weakness. Na only your love He want, na only chance to love you He want.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“Na the things we do dey prove love. Where love dey, e dey do great things. But when e stop to act, e no dey exist again.” Pope St. Gregory the Great
“Lent dey move us to let the Word of God enter deep into our life, so that we go know the basic truth: who we be, where we come from, where we must go, and which road we must follow for life…” Pope Benedict XVI
“Nothing wey person suffer because of God, no matter how small e be, fit pass without merit for God’s eye.” Thomas à Kempis
“Deny yourself so that you go follow Christ; discipline your body; no pamper yourself, but love fasting.” St. Benedict of Nursia
“Anybody wey want follow me must deny im own self, carry im cross every day, and follow my steps.” Luke 9:23
“Person no suppose ever start anything wey e no fit soak well-well inside prayer.” Person wey talk am no known
“Lent be like long ‘retreat’ wey give us chance to look deep inside ourselves and listen to God’s voice, so that we go overcome the temptations of the Evil One. Na time of spiritual ‘battle’ wey we must pass through together with Jesus, no be with pride or overconfidence, but with the weapons of faith: prayer, listening to the word of God and penance. For this way, we go fit celebrate Easter for truth, ready to renew the promises of our Baptism.” Pope Benedict XVI
Quotes About Fasting:
“Fasting dey cleanse the soul, lift the mind up, put person body under the spirit, make the heart sorry for sin and humble, scatter the clouds of sinful desire, quench the fire of lust, and light the true light of chastity. Look deep inside yourself again.” St. Augustine of Hippo
“Bless the people wey curse you, pray for your enemies, and fast for the people wey persecute you.” Didache
“When person begin fast, im mind go immediately long to enter conversation with God.” St. Isaac the Syrian
“Fasting na the soul of prayer; mercy na the blood wey give fasting life. So if you dey pray, fast; if you dey fast, show mercy; if you want make God hear your request, hear other people’s requests. If you no close your ear to other people, you dey open God’s ear to yourself.” St. Peter Chrysologus
“When belle full, e easy to talk about fasting.” St. Jerome
“You dey fast? Make the things wey you do prove am to me. If you see poor person, show am pity. If you see say people dey honour your friend, no envy am. No let na only your mouth dey fast; make your eye, your ear, your feet, your hands, and every part of our body fast too.” St. John Chrysostom
“We must fast with all our heart; that one mean say we go do am willingly, with full heart, for every part of our life and completely.” St. Francis de Sales
“God hide the prize of eternal glory inside the ways we deny ourselves and inside the victory we get over ourselves, wey we dey always strive for with great gentleness.” St. Jane Frances de Chantal
“Scripture get plenty places wey prove say no be human being invent fasting, but na God establish am, and say e get plenty benefits, no be only one. And our Saviour Himself show say one person’s fasting fit help another person, when He talk say person no fit drive some kind of demons comot from another person “without prayer and fasting.” Na why e dey surprise me say dem take this stand against fasting and other penance wey person dey do with im body.” St. Thomas More
“Fasting and prayer join together very closely. Because food and drink dey weigh down the mind of person wey don fill im belle so much that e no fit lift im mind to contemplate God, or even understand wetin prayer mean.” Catechism of the Council of Trent
“The final aim of fasting na to help each of us give our whole self to God as gift.” Pope Benedict XVI