Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry Quotes

“May Jesus always be the pilot of the little boat of your spirit. May Mary be the star which lights the path for you and shows you the surest way to reach the Heavenly Father. – St. Pio of Pietrelcina”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“Jesus is always with you, even when you don’t feel his presence. He is never so close to you as he is during your spiritual battles. He is always there, close to you, encouraging you to fight the good fight; he is there to ward off the enemy’s blows so you won’t be hurt. – St. Pio of Pietrelcina”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother.”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“You must remember that you have in Heaven not only a Father, but also a Mother … And if our wretchedness saddens us, if our ingratitude to God terrorizes us, if the memory of our faults hinders us from presenting ourselves to God our Father, let us then have recourse to Mary, our Mother. She is all sweetness, mercy, goodness, and love for us, because she is our Mother.”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“Living here below is wearisome to me, my dear Father. It is such a bitter torment to me to live in exile that I can hardly go on any longer. The thought that at any moment I could lose Jesus terrifies me in a way I cannot explain. (Letters I)”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“I don't believe that my life is a long row of randomly chained incidents and accidents of which I am not much more than a passive victim. No, I think that nothing is accidental but that God molded me through the events of my life and that I am called to recognize his molding hand and praise him in gratitude for the great things he has done for me. I wonder if I really have listened carefully enough to the God of history, the God of my history, and have recognized him when he called me by my name . . . Maybe I have been living much too fast, too restlessly, too feverishly, forgetting to pay attention to what is happening here and now . . . Just as a whole world of beauty can be discovered in one flower, so the great grace of God can be tasted in one small moment. - Henri Nouwen”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio Book I

“In all trouble, you should seek God. . . God can only relieve your troubles if you, in your anxiety, cling to Him. Trouble should not really be thought of as this incident or that in particular, for our whole life on earth involves trouble; and through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage, we find God. -St. Augustine”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio Book I

“Whenever things go wrong, the first casualty is always hope. It is fragile, like rare cut glass. We can lose it so easily. St. Paul tells us that, for those who follow Christ, there is someone who protects and saves our hope; the Father of Jesus. St. Paul tells us that our hope is safe with God. It is well beyond any damage that can be afflicted by human disaster or natural cataclysm. God truly holds our hope and guards it. – Father Harry Cronin, C.S.C.”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“May Mary”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio