The Saints speak on the Family

                     
All the wealth in the world cannot be compared with the happiness of living together happily united  - Blessed Margaret d’Youville

Perfect married life means the complete dedication of the parents for the benefit of their children -St Thomas Aquinas

Fathers and mothers owe four things to their children: maintenance, instruction, correction and good example. - St John Baptist de la Salle

Do not forget daily prayers; keep holy the Sundays and Holy days, and receive frequently the Sacraments, being well prepared. When it is possible, say in common the morning and night prayers, and grace before meals. - St John Vianney

Happiness is to be found only in the home where God is loved and honored, where each one loves, and helps and cares for the others - Blessed Theophane Venard

For recreation, choose the games which are approved and which also help to make you strong in body. Do not cheat or upset others, by showing bad temper. Raise your mind sometimes to God, or our Blessed Lady, by means of a little prayer; thus following the advice of St Paul “Do all for the glory of God” - St John Bosco

Do you wish to study to your advantage ? Let devotion accompany all your studies. Consult God more than your books. Ask Him to make you understand what you read. Always start your study by prayer. Science is a gift of God, not a work of your mind - St Vincent Ferrer

Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity - St Therese of Lisieux

He who wants something other than Christ, does not know what he wants; he who seeks something other than Christ, does not know what he wishes; and he who works but not for Christ, does not know what he is doing - St Philip Neri

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist - St Gregory the Great