Saint Everywhere Quotes

“But humanity's been given a gift in the idea of Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, who infinitely does not judge, who infinitely says just keep trying, who infinitely advises us to turn to her Son.”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

“The lady saints always said, "With God, everything will be fine.”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

“She [Mary] is a saint despite it all: having to pick up everything and flee, having a son who was different [italics], having a son who was murdered. She is the saint who understands human troubles, all aspects of home and family life. She surmounted her personal grief to be a woman for others. She also figured out how to enjoy life...”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

“To me, Great Love is a workable definition of God. No matter where you're coming from in your beliefs, doesn't everybody want love?”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

“Every day gives us the chance to walk out onto the water of a new experience. Every day is an opportunity to feel a powerful love of God.”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

“No matter how much you give, there is always plenty.”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

“Life seems bigger, grander, more fun if you believe that a person can have mystical powers.”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

“Mother Cabrini made me realize that just because we're regular folk doesn't mean we're off the hook. We each have to work with whatever we have, in the way we have it.”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

“When the book Lean In came out, urging women to step up their leadership in professional life, my initial response was, Oh brother! Women are already doing everything—now we also have to lean in? But all the talk about leaning in got me thinking about women who have had tremendous effects on this world and yet, like so many, haven’t gotten their due.

I decided to adopt a hobby: Wherever I was lucky enough to travel, if a shrine dedicated to a female saint was nearby, I would take myself there and make of it what I could. From my grandfather Cassidy’s side of the family, my Catholic heritage goes back more than a thousand years. That is not an easy ship to jump from when the waters get rough, which they have been lately. In turning my eyes toward the women saints, I have found some fun, a lightness to the landscape where questions sprout everywhere—questions such as: So her body hasn’t decomposed? And she did what? With no money? And everybody said, no, no, no to her, but she did it anyway?”
― Mary Lea Carroll, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints