We are Christians, and our homeland is not here.
Let us turn our steps homeward,
that our course may be guided to its conclusion.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

Christ's passion has opened to us
the gates of the kingdom of heaven. 

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

Admire all God's works in the world,
but be ready to fix your eyes on the things
destined never to pass away.

 
St. John Paul II, 20th century

When the day of our homecoming puts and end to our exile,
frees us from the bonds of this world,
and restores us to paradise and to a kingdom,
we should welcome it.

 
St. Cyprian, 3rd century

Look heavenward and consider where you belong.
Heaven is your destination.
There, every drop of bitterness will be changed into an ocean of sweetness.

 
Bl. Henry Suso, 14th century

The world is your ship, not your home.

 
St. Therese of Lisieux, 19th century

What mind can conceive, what words can express
the great happiness of seeing God!

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century

Every one of us can say: there is a place for me.
We do not live aimlessly and without a destination.
We are awaited, we are precious.

 
Pope Francis