catholics-from-slovenia

"When I was born, my mother laid me on a bed of straw, and I desire no better pallet when I die, asking only to be in the state of grace and worthy of salvation."

"Christ himself wanted this stable form of life in the Church that it might in some way make present the form of life he chose for himself, referring to it as an absolute and eschatological value; it cannot be simply and reductively considered an accessory reality, but instead truly and unquestionably one of the fundamental and constituent structures of the Church's very essence and nature."

"Imam kar precej znancev, ki mi povedo, da ob prejemu Ognjišča najprej pogledajo, če je v njem kaj mojega, kar z veseljem preberejo. Nekateri me tudi okregajo, da so moje zgodbe prekratke."

"»Ljubi Jezus, ti veš, komu je ta moja bolečina potrebna,« je prosila v svojem srcu. »Nakloni njene sadove tistemu, za katerega veš, da mu je potrebna. Praznik Vseh svetnikov se bliža, morda bo kdo omahoval, da bi pred praznikom stopil v spovednico. Po tej moji bolečini mu daj moči in poguma za spravo s teboj.«"

"Začetek pri osemindvajsetih letih je bil res težak. … Tedaj, ko nisem poznala mladega človeka bolnega, se nisem mogla sprijazniti z boleznijo. … Pater Simon Ašič (ki je bil njen spovednik in prijatelj) je bil prvi, ki mi je pomagal, da sem prišla v stik z bolniki. Bila sem na srečanju na Brezjah, ki ga že vrsto let prireja Ognjišče. Ko sem videla invalide na vozičkih, ko so mi na obisk pripeljali invalida, sem pomislila, kaj bi ta dal, da bi še hodil. Tako sem kmalu znala sprejemati, biti hvaležna Bogu za to, kar še imam moči in zdravja."

"Vsaka zgodba ima resnično jedro, marsikaj pa spremenim. V vsako zgodbo pa položim nauk, čeprav nevsiljivo, a kdor želi, ga lahko najde."

"Skozi trpljenje nas žlahtni usoda. Ena misel je, en klic: Svoboda!"

"Ni za sveto stvar težko umreti, a še mnogo, mnogo dal bi rad … V grob s seboj po sili hudobije neizrabljen nesel bom zaklad."

"Ko bo svet pregnetla misel zdrava in ljubezen stala bo najviše, vzklili bodo mir, svoboda, sprava."

"Zakaj si toliko mi dal gorja, neskončni Bog, ki si dobrota sama? Kako sem bala se, da bo med nama nastal prepad brez konca in meja."

"Moja pesem ne utira novih, drznih si poti; stvarstvo božje v vseh odtenkih njenim strunam govori. Ne potaplja se v globine in ne sili v visočine. Skozi srečo in gorje pesem moja eno išče: pot v človekovo svetišče, ki mu pravimo srce."

"The greatness of his mind and heart are reflected in the management of his diocese and in untold charities."

"Jesus, takes good care of religion ; for he said that he would take care of it always. He also appoints bishops; it is his will that there shall always be such in his church. And so he willed also me to be bishop, although I am unworthy, and he gave me all the Christian Indians here, and he wants me to take good care of them, to exhort them well to always practice their religion, to pray well, to behave well until death. And that is now what I shall do as long as I live."

"No Indian missionary of modern times was more beloved and revered by both Indians and whites than Baraga. He loved his Indians with a warm-hearted devotion which they reciprocated. Men of all positions in society, Catholics and non-Catholics, revered him as an ideal man, Christian, and bishop."

"His charity was as proverbial as his humility."

"Following the example of Mary, Eucharistic spirituality has to be lived also through daily offering, through commitment to peace and to unity, through solidarity towards all, particularly towards people who suffer and are alone."

"During the period of Socialism and Communism in many countries of Eastern Europe, there was a tendency requiring the separation of the bishops from the Pope, the priests from the bishop and the faithful from the priests. The purpose was the need to fragment the Church in order that no one could ever reconstruct it again. Nevertheless, this did not occur. The bishops played a decisive role."

"Through Mary, the Lord wants to show us that the human journey aims to dwell in the bosom of the Father, which we have come from and are returning to. The feast announces to us that no one can get to heaven alone."

"Bishop Rožman was the bishop of Ljubljana for 30 years, it is right for him to be entombed in his cathedral."

"My personal vision is that everybody, every single one of us has this hunger for infinity. We have to help each other to discover how we can answer this hunger."

"In the Church in Slovenia this parishes and missionary style was favored in the whole post-Council period, when we tried to bring to life different indications and pastoral guidelines of the pastoral council and post-Council documents. At the level of dioceses and also nationally, several "pastoral forums" have been prepared to promote Christian life inside parishes, always in the main dimensions of the salvific mission of the Church, which takes place in the evangelization."

"Out of habit, we go to church, keep our tradition, pray. We need someone to wake us from the lukewarmness. God is always coming towards us, and especially in Advent, he saves us from the cage of tiredness and fatigue and invigorates us."

"We should be more aware that we raise children by word, action and example. Let us accept this role and responsibility to help children and young people on the path to the fullness of life."

"The peaceful coexistence among people of different ethnicities, religions, is so important: we are all brothers, sons, and daughters."

"Only if we are authentically Christians again, can we walk the path of dialogue, otherwise we cannot communicate adequately with Islam."

"The increasing involvement of the Holy See in multilateral diplomacy is the result of the conviction that the human person's dignity and rationality must be protected and served. It's the basic expression of the love of neighbor that implies a universal dimension: an approach where there are no conditions."

"Our communities must face daily not a few difficulties of an economic order; above all, however, they must be able to react to an inferiority complex in the face of an oppressive Muslim majority, which makes them feel oppressed and can make them think that they are the "infidels.""

"Nicaea is not only a place for theological reflection: This Council was also the fruit of the profound witness of faith by so many people who gave their lives for the faith in the first three centuries of Christianity. This witness, in a sense, prepared the outcome of the Council. For us today, the memory of this witness of faith is the most important thing, because it inspires and strengthens us in the challenges we live in the present"