Mother Angelica
Mother Angelica (Rita Antoinette Rizzo; (20 April 1923 - March 27, 2016) also known as Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation was a cloistered Franciscan nun of the [Clares of Perpetual Adoration]. Mother Angelica founded the largest Roman Catholic television network; Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and the radio network WEWN.[1]
Quotes
[edit]- "I don’t believe in the promises of this world. I believe in answers." ~ Mother Angelica from her book; Mother Angelica's Answers, Not Promises.
- "You see, God expects His people to do the ridiculous so He can do the miraculous." - Mother Angelica
- " Faith is what gets you started. Hope is what keeps you going. Love is what brings you to the end." ~ Mother Angelica, EWTN radio.
- "Where most men work for the degree after their names, we work for one before our names, St." ~ Mother Angelica, EWTN radio.
- "I am not afraid to fail, I am scared of dying and having the Lord say to me 'Anglica, this is what you might have done had you trusted more'" ~ Mother Angelica, EWTN radio.
- "There was a purpose for all his trials and the purpose was to increase grace, the holiness of life a participation in the Divine Nature." ~ Mother Angelica, ‘Mother Angelica On Suffering And Burnout.’
- "Not matter what anybody says to you or about you, it is nothing compared to what you are in the eyes of God" ~ Mother Angelica, EWTN radio.
- "Simply believing in the existence of God is not exactly what I would call a commitment. After all, even the devil believes that God exists! Believing has to change the way we live." ~ Mother Angelica from her book; Mother Angelica's Answers, Not Promises.
- "Make the right choices now. Don't listen to the world, listen to the Eternal word" ~ [Angelica|Mother Angelica], EWTN.
- "Sometimes my worst day, one filled with pain and suffering, in the eyes of God, is my best day if I've born it cheerfully and I've born it with love." ~Mother Angelica.
- "We did not happen to be, we were chosen by God to exist. His providence placed us in a time and state of life that would bring out our greatest potential"
- "We would like to ignore suffering, hide it, and pretend it is not there, but reality forces us to face it in spite of ourselves." - Mother Angelica from her book, 'Suffering And Burnout.'