The church speaks finally in that it prays for the world.

I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of money for his campaign against President Obama.

There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.

Never be ashamed of your patriotism.

I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.

For a frequent intercession with God, earnestly beseeching him to forgive the sins of all mankind, to bless them with His providence, enlighten them with His Spirit, and bring them to everlasting happiness, is the divinest exercise that the heart of man can be engaged in.

Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.

May He guide us now. And may God continue to bless the United States of America.

There are many things God wants to do on earth and in people's lives, but if someone doesn't leap in and answer the call to pray, it won't happen.

May God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.

(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests.

Governments grow as God declines, in both Europe and the United States.