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SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PROVINCE

Scalabrini's memorable quotes

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keyboard_double_arrow_left I have never considered my own life more precious than souls keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Place God and the good of souls above all things;
the rest counts very little keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Jesus must be the beginning and the end of our actions, the soul of our souls, the life of our lives keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left We should not eat, drink, sleep, study, speak, nor even amuse ourselves unless it is for the good of others,
and we must never get tired keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The Church, which is Jesus Christ extended and communicated,
can never hush up, approve, or do what goes against the faith keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left To be able to give, it is necessary to save: this is the way to be helped by God in the practice of good keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Do not fear:
with the crucifix in hand even a crazy person can perform miracles keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The Kingdom of God spreads through the Eucharist keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left In suffering have courage, be calm, and trust in God keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left There is nothing more natural than the supernatural keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left I begin a work, and then I place it in the hands of God. He looks after it keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left When God wants it, we must go forward no matter may happen keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Embrace charity ardently; it is the source of all virtues keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The true Christian is he who hungers and thirsts for justice keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left What is most missing nowadays is not so much the knowledge of one’s duty but the courage to accomplish it keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The fire of our friendship is so great that no river can extinguish it keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Prayer is the most lively, the strongest and the most powerful
element of the apostolate keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The word of God must make us Christians
in our heart and in our works keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Christ in the Eucharist is the power and wisdom of God, and we preach Christ, the power and wisdom of God keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Catechesis makes us know and love Jesus the Savior keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Winning young people over to God, that is the shortest and surest way to reform everything keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left He who has faith, he who lives by faith not only loves God but feels compelled to lead others to love him also, because love can never resign itself to indifference keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The world moves on and we cannot remain behind keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Go, apostles of Jesus Christ: go speedy messengers…
to the people who await you keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left See to it that everyone experiences how gentle the Lord is! keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Catechism must be taught always and everywhere, in church,
in school and in the family keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Catechesis is the most effective apostolate, because it means forming Jesus Christ in the faithful keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The care of the sick is useful and praiseworthy and should be carried out everywhere and in every form. But for those who are far from their homeland it becomes an absolute necessity keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left To direct and assist migration is also the duty of the State, which must insure moral and material protection keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The needs afflicting our migrants are material and moral. Hence, to respond to this double necessity,
the under­taking must be religious and lay at one and the same time keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The Christian family is a little kingdom,
founded, developed and governed
by love keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Oh, blessed the steps of missionaries who bring the Good News to our abandoned brothers and sisters! How precious is their labor before the heavens. How beautiful and moving it is before the earth! keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Religious instruction would be good for nothing if the witness of charity were lacking, especially toward the sick and the poor keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Catechesis is precisely the foundation on which all preaching and all pastoral activity must be based keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left To educate a child is to see to it that in his soul resonate the words: God – Country – Freedom – Equality and Fraternity, as the Gospel consecrates them keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Let us leave our tents, but let us remember that we have no weapon other than faith and charity keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Do not expect to make others holy if you are not holy yourselves, for only sanctity produces saintly deeds keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left God has instilled in the heart of the woman a very peculiar power which brings her to have a mysterious influence
over minds and hearts keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left In almost all cases, migration is not a pleasure but an unavoidable necessity keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The older I get, the more I am convinced that true good is done when every person takes his place keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left To make only one person happy is more important than to be happy keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left We are children of
Mary’s ‘yes’ to Redemption keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The image of God is easily engraved on soft wax, but to carve it on marble one needs the chisel,
as well as effort and time keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Educating means depositing all the truth in the mind of the learner, from the simplest to the highest truth; it means opening his heart to the most noble sentiments keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Freedom means being able to think, speak and act free of any unjust bond, albeit in subjection to the sole authority of God and with
full respect for human laws keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left When we pray, it is the Universe praying in us and with us keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left God knows the time to build and the time to destroy; and at the proper time he builds and he destroys keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The rosary devotion has become the devotion of all times, all places, all conditions, all ages, and all languages …
the universal devotion keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The poor person is the pupil of God’s eye; and whatever we do to that person we do it to God himself keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left Love never resigns itself
to indifference keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The word is, for every person, the principle source of truth and science… keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The word is, for the nation, the golden chain that links intellects and hearts… keyboard_double_arrow_right

keyboard_double_arrow_left The word is, for mankind, the marvelous bond
that links it to heaven keyboard_double_arrow_right

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Migrantes is a Spanish language publication focused on the shared interest in migration and human mobility in order to provide real perspective to the phenomenon of how and why people move, and the work of Scalabrinian missionaries around the world to assist and help migrants.

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