What you long for you do not yet see,
but longing makes you capable of being filled;
let us desire, for we shall be filled.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

Faith is a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus,
to experience his closeness, his friendship, his love;
only in this way does one learn to know him ever more,
and to love and follow him ever more.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

To Joseph,
God entrusted the safekeeping of the Eternal Word,
made man by the power of the Holy Spirit
in the womb of the Virgin Mary.
St. Joseph is described in the Gospel as a ‘just man’;
and for all believers he is a model of life in faith.

 
Bl. John Paul II, 20th century

If you are armed with the armor of faith,
nothing can harm you.

 
St. Francis de Sales, 17th century

There is nothing that faith cannot overcome.
It triumphs over everything;
and however dark the clouds may be
it breaks through to truth, holds fast to it,
and never lets it go.

 
Jean Pierre de Caussade, 18th century

Because faith is the evidence of things unseen,
it exposes, examines and demonstrates to itself the presence of God,
even though he appears not.

 
Bl. Guerric of Igny, 12th century

The faith Jesus wants from his disciples is,
in fact, that attitude of total trust
which allows God himself to manifest his power.

 
Chiara Lubich, Focolare; 20th century

What is laid up for us is eternal,
which God has prepared for those who believe in him.

 
St. Venantius, 3rd century