"The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of their brethren in eternal fire."
- Pope Gregory I

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. -Saint Augustine

 “When we serve the poor and the sick we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus.” - Saint Rose of Lima

"That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both." - St. Maximilian Kolbe
 

"Esa noche le pregunté a la Madre de Dios qué iba a ser de mí. Luego vino a mí sosteniendo dos coronas, una blanca y la otra roja. Me preguntó si estaba dispuesto a aceptar cualquiera de estas coronas. La blanca significaba que debería perseverar en la pureza, y el rojo que debería convertirme en mártir. Dije que las aceptaría a ambas ". - San Maximiliano Kolbe
 

"What was not in my plans was in the plans of God. Root in me the deep conviction that - seen from the side of God - there is no chance; all my life, to the smallest details, is   already traced in the plans of divine Providence and, before the absolutely clairvoyant eyes of God, presents a perfectly assembled coherence. " -Teresa Benedict of the Cross

"Lo que no estaba en mis planes estaba en los planes de Dios. Arraiga en mí la convicción profunda de que -visto desde el lado de Dios- no existe la casualidad; toda mi vida, hasta los más mínimos detalles, está ya trazada en los planes de la Providencia divina y, ante los ojos absolutamente clarividentes de Dios, presenta una coherencia perfectamente ensamblada". - Teresa Benedicta de la Cruz