Quote Me with Lindsay Schlegel

 Season Four comes to an end with a delightful interview with Claudia Cangilla McAdam, a Catholic award-winning author of books for kids and teens. She has an undergraduate degree in English, is a graduate of the Denver Catholic Biblical School, and obtained her master's degree in theology from the Augustine Institute in Denver. She has authored two dozen books, and her faith-based titles, ranging from picture books to young adult novels, explore the virtues, build character, and deepen faith. Her most recent work is the Biblical historical fiction novel, Beckoning, published by Our Sunday Visitor. Through her books, Claudia hopes that young readers come to learn, love, and live the Catholic faith. Claudia's quote comes from Michelangelo in 1562 (when he was eighty-seven years old!): "Ancora imparo. (I am still learning.)” Connect with Claudia at her website, www.ClaudiaMcAdam.com, and grab copies of her latest books at the links below. BeckoningThe Real PresenceLouie's Lent We'll be back later this year with Season Five. Follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or join Lindsay's mailing list at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com, for news and updates.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you! 

 We're happy to welcome Kelly Guest to the show!  Kelly has been blessed with many opportunities to share God's love. She was a Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia in Nashville, TN for five years, a middle school social studies teacher, an education coordinator for a Catholic Charities program for pregnant teens, and a Director of Religious Education. Currently she is a youth minister for her home parish of St. Bartholomew's, and a mommy blogger at CatholicMom.com and at her own website, nun2nine.com. Her greatest opportunity (and challenge), though, is being the mother of nine wonderful children and the wife to one great guy. She has also been blessed by God to be the author of Saintly Moms: 25 Stories of Holiness, published by Our Sunday Visitor. Her quote comes from Pope Francis, in Gaudete et Exsultate. "Do not be afraid of holiness. It will take away none of your energy, vitality, or joy. On the contrary, you will become what the Father had in mind when he created you, and you will be faithful to your deepest self."  Connect with Kelly on her website, nun2nine.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Kelly Guest on Facebook; @nun2nine on Twitter and Instagram Make sure to grab your copy of Saintly Moms: 25 Stories of Holiness! Each chapter is a quick and encouraging read.  To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you! 

 It's a joy to spend time in this episode with James Matthew Wilson, poet and director of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Saint Thomas, the only MFA program in the world rooted firmly in the Catholic intellectual and literary tradition. His quote comes from Aristotle's The Metaphysics, opening of Book I:  “All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight. For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer seeing (one might say) to everything else. The reason is that this, most of all the senses, makes us know and brings light to many differences between things.” Here's a quick list of the books Dr. Wilson recommends starting with, as you ask yourself what it means to stare into the light (affiliate links): Plato, The SymposiumPlato, MenoAristotle, The Metaphysics (just first two pages)St, Augustine, ConfessionsDante, The Divine Comedy Connect with Dr. Wilson at jamesmatthewwilson.com, and be sure to check out his books (The Strangeness of the Good, Including Quarantine Notebook is a good place to start). Look out for his newest book, Praying the Nicene Creed, which is slated for release March 11, 2022.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

 It is a joy to welcome Eniola (Eni) Honsberger to the show. Eni serves as the Director of the Office of Family Life for the Diocese of Paterson, and recently launched a relationship coaching endeavor, Espouse. Her quote is from Alexander Pope:  "To err is human, to forgive is divine.” Learn more about relationship coaching (for those who are dating, engaged, or married; siblings; friends; and leaders) at www.espousefacilitation.com. To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.  Until next time, God bless you! 

 After a bit of a hiatus, we are thrilled to be back with Leah Jacobson, founder and CEO of The Guiding Star Project, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and author of Wholistic Feminism: Healing the Identity Crisis Caused by the Women's Movement. Leah lives in Central Minnesota with her husband, Josh, and seven children.  Her quote comes from Edmund Burke (we think; that attribution is contested), and was painted on the wall of her high school psychology classroom: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”  A couple other quotes we discuss in this episode are from St. Teresa of Calcutta: “I do not pray for success; I ask for faithfulness.” “We have the obligation to speak the truth but we don't have to convince anyone.”  and St. Augustine: “The truth is like a lion. You don't have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.”Leah also mentioned the film, The Business of Birth Control. Connect with Leah at www.guidingstarproject.com and get a copy of her book at www.lumenpress.org.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

 First, a few timely notes:-- On sale now through Friday, November 12, 11:59 PST, the 2021 Catholic Mom Advent Bundle*! Lindsay's contribution is an exclusive episode of Quote Me as well as four lock screens for the Advent season. Get yours now, before it disappears!-- The FREE Embrace 2021 Summit for Catholic Moms launches this Friday, and Lindsay's talk, “Yes, You Can Have a Restful Advent” is available for free all weekend! Thereafter, get lifetime access through the All Access Pass. A portion of those proceeds will go to the John Paul II Life Center in Austin, Texas, a faith based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to saving babies and mothers from abortion through free pregnancy help services, holistic OB-GYN care, and education programs. Join the summit for free here!Now, on with the show!Today we welcome Claire McGarry, author of Grace in Tension: Discover Peace with Martha and Mary.Her quote comes from The Greatest Gift: Unwrapping the Full Love Story of Christmas by Ann Voskamp:"We are not spared of all trials, but we are always spared of the trials that have no gifts."  Claire's book releases Friday, November 12, and is available for pre-order! Get your copy here.  Connect with Claire at her website, ClaireMcGarry.com, on Instagram (@ClaireMcGarryWrites), Twitter (@ClaireMcGarry2), or Facebook (Claire McGarry, Author). To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!*Link to Bundle is an affiliate link, through which Lindsay receives a commission for any purchases. Thank you!

 Maura Roan McKeegan is the author of six Catholic children's picture books published through the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. Her books include the Old and New series, which introduces children to the concept of biblical typology. Maura is a former classroom reading teacher and a current homeschooling mom with a passion for picture books and reading aloud with children. Her quote comes from her favorite college professor, Barbara Kines:  "Enthusiasm for reading is caught, not taught.”  Find Maura's books here:The End of the Fiery Sword: Adam & Eve and Jesus & MaryEl Fin de la Espada ArdienteInto the Sea, Out of the Tomb: Jonah and JesusBuilding the Way to Heaven: The Tower of Babel and PentecostSaved by the Lamb: Moses and JesusSt. Conrad and the WildfireWhere is Jesus Hidden? And you can find her recent articles at Catholic Exchange here.  To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

 It's a joy to welcome Rhonda Gruenewald, founder and president of Vocation Ministry, to the show, especially as we approach National Vocation Awareness Week, November 7-13, 2021. Rhonda's quote comes from Mother Angelica: “Unless you are willing to do the ridiculous, God will not do the miraculous."You can find this quote and more in Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles by Raymond Arroyo. Here you can find Vocation Ministry's YouTube playlists, including “Behind the Veil,” “Behind the Collar,” and “Behind the Habit.” To interact with others in discernment, join a group on Vocation Ministry's Facebook page.  And, of course, here are the sisters reading stories for all ages. Learn more about Rhonda's ministry at www.vocationministry.com. There, you can also get copies of her books, Hundredfold: A Guide to Parish Vocation Ministry and The Harvest: A Guide to Vocation Ministry in Education. Finally, be sure to follow her on Instagram (@vocationministry). To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

 Today we welcome Emily Stimpson Chapman, Catholic author, wife, and mother to three (three and under). Her quote comes from the letters of Flannery O'Connor: "I suppose half the work of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it."  This reluctance can be a reality in all our callings, whether it's writing, parenting, or something totally different. Listen in to consider the “adult voice” we need to have in our heads if we want to follow Christ faithfully. You can find Emily on Instagram (@emilystimpsonchapman), on Substack, and at TheCatholicTable.com.Her book, Letters to Myself from the End of the World, is one of the best things I've read this year (or ever?). Grab your copy here.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

 Today we welcome Nathaniel Binversie, author, speaker, and director of content for Exodus Inc. Nathaniel's selection is a quote within a quote, as it's a line from Albert Einstein quoted by Steve Jobs during an Apple keynote in the mid 2000s.“Simplicity is the epitome of sophistication.” Tune in for a conversation about striving for excellence (in a good way) and seeking formation as disciples of Christ. Lots to think about here, and lots to encourage you!Connect with Nathaniel at his website, NathanielBinversie.com, and check out his children's book at TheStrongestManIKnow.com.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

 Amy Smith is a Catholic journalist who works for EWTN's National Catholic Register. Amy is the features editor for the Register and is also the author of The Plans God Has for You: Hopeful Lessons for Young Women, based on her favorite Scripture, Jeremiah 29:11. She loves Mother Mary and our friends the saints, and enjoys rereading Jane Austen novels and baking scones, when she isn't editing or writing. She loves flowers and coffee, too. Amy's quote comes from Jane Austen's novel, Sense and Sensibility (though we talk about more novels than that one!):  “She had an excellent heart.”  You can find Amy at NCRegister.com, where she blogs about books and saints. Find her on Instagram, @hopefulwordsmith.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

 If you know Lindsay in real life, you know how much she loves the products and programs at Holy Heroes. Today she has the pleasure of speaking with Clara Davison, one of the original Holy Heroes Guides. After college, Clara returned to work as the Brand Manager for Holy Heroes, running the current online adventures and creating new ones. She has been married since 2018 and welcomed her first daughter this summer.  Clara's quote comes from Laura Vanderkam's book, I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time: "How we live our hours is how we live our lives."  Click over to www.holyheroes.com to get on their email list so you can sign up for their newest online program, My Path to Heaven Family Retreat. You can also find Holy Heroes on Instagram, @holyheroes.  To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.  Until next time, God bless you!

 Nicole M. Caruso is the author of Worthy of Wearing: How Personal Style Expresses Our Feminine Genius (Sophia Institute Press). She is also a professional makeup artist and beauty consultant, former beauty editor, and homeschooling mother of three. Nicole's mission is to inspire women to invest in their self-worth with her movement #worthyofwearing. She wants women to live an integrated life where faith and style meet. On her website, nicolemcaruso.com, she shares expert style and beauty advice, tips on healthy living, and reflections on marriage and motherhood. She helps us kick off Season Four with an oft-quoted line from Doctor of the Church St. Augustine:“Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”Listen in for wisdom on the truth that you are worthy of recognizing your God-given beauty. Find Nicole and her work at nicolemcaruso.com and worthyofwearing.com. Connect with her on social media, too: @nmcaruso and @worthyofwearing.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

It's our Season Finale!Today we are so happy to welcome Erin McCole Cupp, writer, speaker, lay Dominican, survivor of family abuse and dysfunction, and author of All Things New: Breaking the Cycle & Raising a Joyful Family, which is available for pre-order now.Erin's quote comes from Dr. K. Alexandra Onno:"What is wounded in relationship must be healed in relationship."Find Erin online at erinmccolecupp.com (social media links are in the right sidebar) and check out her most recent content at bit.ly/ErinMcColeCupp.Erin mentioned this book in our conversation: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk.We'll be back, God willing, with Season Four in the fall! In the meantime to suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

We’re delighted to welcome Lara Patangan, author of Simple Mercies: How the Works of Mercy Bring Peace and Fulfillment.She brings us a quote from Margaret Mead that feels especially powerful today:“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”Connect with Lara at her blog, Mercy Matters, and find her on Facebook (@Lara.Patangan) and Instagram (@larapatangan).And don’t forget to grab a copy of her book!To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you! 

We are overjoyed to welcome Kimberly Hahn, wife of Scott, mom of six, and nana to twenty. Kimberly serves as Council-at-Large in Steubenville, OH, and is the host of the podcast Beloved and Blessed with Kimberly Hahn and the author of the newly re-released, Graced and Gifted: Biblical Wisdom For the Homemakers Heart.Kimberly’s quote comes from her mother, Patricia Kirk."Homemaking is about relationships."Subscribe to Kimberly’s podcast at belovedandblessed.com or listen in on EWTN radio. Grab a copy of her newly re-released book, part of a four-volume studay and now published with Emmaus Road Publishing, here.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Thanks to our listeners, Kathleen and Dorah, who sent in the quotes we’re sharing today.From C.S. Lewis:"A woman's heart should be so close to God that a man should have to chase Him to find it."And from Mark Caine:“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you! 

 5 0 t h  E P I S O D EToday we celebrate the 50th episode of Quote Me with a very special guest, Lindsay’s oldest son, Jacob.Jacob’s quote comes from a poster in his first-grade science classroom (and also Albert Einstein).“You only fail if you stop trying.”We hope you enjoy hearing Jacob share the connections he sees between this quote, a solar oven, karate, and Heaven.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Jenny Hubbard is the author of Finding Sanctuary: How the Wild Work of Peace Restored the Heart of a Sandy Hook Mother, a contributor to Magnificat, a monthly contributor on Spirit Catholic radio, and the executive director of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary.Her quote comes from Thomas Merton:“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.”Jenny’s book is out now! Grab your copy here, and learn more about the animal sanctuary here. Find her on Facebook (@CatherineVioletHubbardAnimalSanctuary) and Instagram (@CVHAnimalSanctuary).To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you! 

We’re delighted to spend time with Dominic de Souza, founder of DreamAgain and SmartCatholics, and a dad with a small family and a smaller corgi. Tolkien is a popular choice this season (and we’re not complaining!). This quote comes from his essay “On Fairy-Stories”:We have come from God and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God.Here’s the movie Dominic mentioned: Arrival.Learn more about Dominic at dominicdesouza.com.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

In this episode, we welcome Jessica Connolly, owner of Telos Art Shop (which Lindsay is borderline obsessed with).Her quote comes from The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis:“We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words—to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it.”We’re so grateful to share these thoughts on beauty as we celebrate the Easter season.Visit Jessica’s shop at www.telosartshop.com and use code QUOTEME for $5 off any order over $40. Code never expires. Follow Jessica on Instagram and Facebook, too (@telosart).If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

We’re happy to welcome Melissa Buchan, founder of Virtus Fertility Care, Fertility Awareness educator, and health coach, to the show.Whether you’re a man or a woman, married, single, or religious, I encourage you to tune in to this episode. Fertility awareness is about more than babies. It’s about appreciating the human person as a whole, something our culture gets wrong time and again.I love when a quote comes from one arena of life and finds application elsewhere. The quote we discuss comes from American operatic soprano Beverly Sills:“There are no shortcuts to anyplace worth going.”Connect with Melissa on Facebook and Instagram. Click to her website to get your free Cycle Guide and start learning about what this whole charting thing is all about.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Today we welcome Catholic children’s book author Theresa Kiser.Theresa is the author of the upcoming Our Sunday Visitor picture book, Arthur the Clumsy Altar Server Serves His First Mass (A Book about Serving God); as well as the board book A Little Catholic's Book of Liturgical Colors, which received the Catholic Writer's Guild Seal of Approval for authentically Catholic content, and the pre-teen fantasy series, The Manakor Chronicles, which received the 2016 IPPY Award for Best Juvenile Fiction and is ripe with subtle Catholic symbolism and themes. Theresa is also a speaker, book coach, and the host of a Catholic-themed writing contest at her website, theresakiser.com.Her quote comes from C.S. Lewis:“Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.”Connect with Theresa—and her books!—at www.theresakiser.com, and find her on Twitter (@AuthorTKKiser) and Facebook (tkkiser).If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Rachel Bulman is a wife, mother, writer, and speaker. She frequently contributes to the Word on Fire blog and CatholicMom.com. Her first book will be published with Our Sunday Visitor next fall, and she has contributed to two books with Ave Maria Press and Ignatius Press which will be available this year. Her husband is in formation for the permanent diaconate and they have four children, one in heaven, and a set of twins due this summer.It seems most likely that Rachel’s quote comes from St. Ambrose of Milan:“Know, then, oh beautiful soul, that you are the image of God.”When we accept that our souls are beautiful—that we are the image of God—then beautiful and life-giving gifts unfold. Listen in for more.Find Rachel at her website, RachelBulman.com; and on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as @rachelbulman.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Justin McClain is husband to Bernadette; dad to five wonderful children nine and under; Lay Dominican in the Order of Saint Dominic; veteran theology and Spanish educator at Bishop McNamara High School; author and consultant for Ave Maria Press; wildlife enthusiast who likes to educate people on God's gift of nature; and vocal advocate for the value and dignity of human life in all its stages, from conception to natural death.Justin helps us dig even deeper into the writings of Pope Saint John Paul II this season, with these words on the universal call to holiness:“The world needs more than just social reformers. It needs saints. Holiness is not the privilege of a few; it is a gift offered to all.”Find Justin on Twitter, @JustinMcClainOP.And get your copies of Justin’s books at Ave Maria Press.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you! 

We’re thrilled to welcome Katie Bogner, Catholic school teacher and parish Director of Religious Education (DRE).Katie produces beautiful resources for the home and classroom (I’ve used so many of them!), and is very generous with the fruits of her creativity. I’m so grateful for the ways she shares her faith and makes it easier for me to do the same.This season is JPII-heavy, and I am all about it. Katie brings us words from the saint during the World Youth Day Vigil of Prayer, August 19, 2000:"It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is he who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is he who reads in your hearts your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle. It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be grounded down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal."Katie has a wonderful new book, Through the Year with Jesus: Gospel Readings and Reflections for Children. We hope you’ll grab a copy (or more!).Find Katie online at looktohimandberadiant.com, on Instagram @katherine.bogner, on Etsy etsy.com/shop/LookToHimBeRadiant, or reach out via email to looktohimandberadiant@gmail.com.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Our first ever return guest is Chloe Langr, a Catholic wife, mom, and author living in the heart of the Midwest.Chloe hosts Letters to Women, a podcast that explores what it means to live out the feminine genius in the everyday. A Catholic Book Award winner, Chloe is the author of several books, including Created for Love: Reflections for the Catholic Bride-to-Be and the forthcoming Letters to Women: Embracing the Feminine Genius in Everyday Life. When she isn’t behind the podcast microphone, you can find her drinking espresso with her husband, Joseph, and reading board books with her two young daughters.As in Season Two, Chloe invites us to spend time with words from Pope St. John Paul II:“Thank you, every woman, for the simple fact of being a woman! Through the insight which is so much a part of your womanhood you enrich the world's understanding and help to make human relations more honest and authentic."Find the full letter here.Visit Chloe at her website, on Instagram (where she’s most active), or on Facebook. And be sure to snag a copy of her newest book available now for preorder and officially being published March 9, 2021.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Another writer joins us today! Carolyn Astfalk is a wife, mother, and author of contemporary Catholic fiction.This is not the first time Lindsay and Carolyn have spent time together: Carolyn interviewed Lindsay for the CatholicMom.com Book Club when Don’t Forget to Say Thank You was published in 2018. Read the interview here.Today we’re talking family, with words derived from Pope St. John Paul II’s Familiaris Consortio:"Become who you are."Connect with Carolyn and her books at www.carolynastfalk.com and find her on Instagram.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Phil Kosloski is spirituality writer at Aleteia.org and founder of Voyage Comics & Publishing.He brings us a line from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:"The sun will soon rise above the shadow."We talk about faith-based entertainment and what separates it from the mainstream, and why we need this kind of light in what can seem the darkness of our world.Check out more of Phil’s work at www.voyagecomics.com.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

The episode of two Lindsays!Lindsay Trezza is the designer behind Just Love Prints, a shop filled with unique Catholic prints, stickers, and Catholic temporary tattoos. She brings us a compelling line from Jason Evert:"Daily Mass is for those who have nothing better to do . . . which is all of us." Tune in for encouragement in making daily Mass a consistent practice—even for those of us with young kids in tow!Find Lindsay’s work at justloveprints.com and be sure to follow her on Instagram at @justloveprints. To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Continuing with our most international season to date, we welcome Julia Golding from Oxford, England. Julia is a writer and the director of Project Northmoor, a campaign to save J.R.R. Tolkien’s home (where he wrote The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy) and to establish the first literary center in the world dedicated to Tolkien. Though it sounds as if it could have been written today, Julia’s quote fittingly comes from Tolkien himself, namely from The Fellowship of the Ring:“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”We also discussed these words from Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis:“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”And if you’re wondering about White Horse Hill, here’s some more info: Uffington White Horse. Contribute to Project Northmoor at www.projectnorthmoor.org and follow progress on Instagram. To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Heads up! This week only, get your Lent 2021 Quote Journal via the Catholic Mom Bundle! This is the only time and the only place to get this prayer resource this year. Bonus: purchases through this affiliate link help support this show!Today we heartily welcome Dr. Jacqueline Brown, clinical psychologist turned fiction author. She published The Light in 2016 and has now published a total of six Amazon bestselling novels, a short story, and a children's picture book and coloring book.The quote from St. Teresa of Calcutta may seem simple, but we take a deep dive with it:"If you want to change the world go home and love your family."Spend more time with Jacqueline at her website, Jacqueline-brown.com, and find her on Facebook and Instagram as jacquelinebrownauthor.PROMO CODE: Get 15% off signed copies of Jacqueline’s books from her website, https://jacqueline-brown.com/shopping/, by using promo code QuoteMe.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Finally! We’re launching Season Three of Quote Me with Patrick Sullivan, Catholic lay evangelist and founder of Evango, a Catholic media and evangelization organization. Patrick is also the creator of the parenting program Me & My House. He is the proud father of nine children.Patrick brings us a quote from St. Peter:“Quo Vadis Domine?” or, “Where are you going, Lord?”Enjoy a great conversation on trust and mission as we start 2021.Learn more about Patrick and his work at evango.net and meandmyhouse.net. Stay tuned to these sites for info about his evangelization courses, launching this Lent, and his book, available this Easter.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

In the Season Two finale, we welcome a brave, loving soul with a heart for Christ. Mary Lenaburg is the author of Be Brave in the Scared: How I Learned to Trust God during the Most Difficult Days of My Life. She is also a speaker and someone you are going to want to follow on Instagram for her humor, honesty, and encouragement.By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Season Two both begins and ends with quotes from Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales (the patron saint of writers!), whom our host Lindsay has also quoted on her personal IG page."Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it."Also mentioned in this episode is Ephesians 3:20-21: “Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”And one more from St. Joan of Arc: “We must call upon the Lion of the Lord.”Okay, last one: “Pray like a girl.”Follow Mary on social media under her name, @marylenaburg, and check out her website at www.marylenaburg.com so you don’t miss any news on her next book, expected February 2021.That’s it for Season Two! We’ll be taking a break as Lindsay prepares to welcome a new child into her family. Please keep sharing and spreading the news about this show! We plan to be back in October 2020 with Season Three. (Get excited! The line-up already looks great!)To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Elizabeth Tomlin is an Army wife and mother of three. She is the author of Joyful Momentum: Growing and Sustaining Vibrant Women's Groups (a Catholic Handbook). An attorney by profession, Elizabeth is General Counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. She helped to establish the Military Council of Catholic Women, which is the women's ministry of the Military Archdiocese in 2010 and continues to serve on the board of directors. Elizabeth speaks often at Catholic conferences and parish retreats across the globe. She is a regular contributor to Salute, the magazine of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, CatholicMom.com and WINE: Women in the New Evangelization. She moderates a Facebook group called Joyful Momentum, which is a community of Catholic women involved in women's ministry. Elizabeth earned her bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 2002 from the College of William and Mary and her juris doctor from the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School in 2010. She lives with her husband, Gregory, and their children at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington.St Teresa of Calcutta: "If our work were just to wash feet and give medicine to the sick, our centers would have closed a long time ago. The most important thing in our centers is the opportunity we are offering to reach souls."I was reading a book of her letters, and it just jumped off the page. I think the world outside of the Catholic church looks at her as a great philanthropist or "do-gooder," and3 while she physically helped many people, that was not her goal. He goal was her vocation, which was always laser focused on bringing souls to Jesus -quenching his thirst for love of souls. This quote made me consider all things I spent my days doing and whether these things were part of my vocation. It made me think pretty decisively about what I was doing merely as a volunteerism versus my vocation. Facebook - I have a Joyful Momentum Group, and I'm on Facebook and Instagram as my name - Elizabeth Tomlin and I blog at joyfulmomentum.orgTo suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Gene Zannetti owns Winning Mindset, a sport-performance mental training program, and is also the author of Spiritual Strength: Building the Total Athlete for Christ, which has received a Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur.Once a nationally ranked All-Ivy League wrestler at the University of Pennsylvania, Gene experienced a strong reversion to the Catholic faith following the 33-day consecration to Jesus through Mary. Thereafter, he founded Spiritual Strength, which offers retreats, presentations, and social media spreading devotion to the three hearts and fighting against the world, flesh, and devil.In this episode we discuss a common phrase within a new context:"Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss you will still be among the stars."We talked about these books, which we both recommend:33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration by Fr. Michael E. GaitleyMarian Consecration for Children by Carrie Gress Connect with Gene at linktr.ee/spiritualstrength, where you can find his website, social media links, YouTube, blog, podcast Spiritual Strength, and more.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Katie Warner is a Catholic children’s book author, speaker, National Catholic Register writer, wife, and homeschooling mom. She knows what it is to pursue holiness in the midst of a busy life, and she speaks with inspiring and contagious joy in this episode.Her quote comes right from our Lord, in His communication to a Benedictine monk as recorded in the book In Sino Jesu: When Heart Speaks to Heart—The Journal of a Priest at Prayer:“Give Me as much time as you can, and I will give you time and energy to do all that you must do.”Katie also calls to mind these words from St. Thérèse of Lisieux:“God cannot inspire unrealizable desires. I can, then, in spite of my littleness, aspire to holiness.”We love all of Katie’s children’s books, and hope you’ll get a copy of her newest title, Lily Lolek, Future Saint, illustrated by Amy Rodriguez, officially published May 19 and available now for pre-order.Visit Katie at her website, and follow her on Instagram and Facebook.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Rose Osada is a wife, mother of five, and owner/operator of Relics by Rose, which creates beautiful Catholic jewelry with vintage and modern style.As working lives have changed for most of us in recent weeks, Rose’s quote is a beautiful and helpful reminder that there is virtue in doing whatever work we’re called to well. From Theodore Roosevelt, we hear,“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”How has your understanding of “work” changed over the last six weeks? How is God continuing to call out to you in the vocation you find yourself in? We’d love to know, so leave us a comment on Instagram!Connect with Rose at her website, on Facebook, and on Instagram. To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Author and speaker Heidi Indahl shares wise words about slowing down—which many of us have been called to do lately—and letting God take the lead in our lives. Her quote comes from The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence:“She seems so full of good will, but she wants to go faster than grace allows. It is not possible to become spiritually mature all at once.”We discuss some of Heidi’s books, and we’re happy to link to them here:Blessed Is the Fruit of Thy Womb: Rosary Reflections on Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death67 Ways to Do the Works of Mercy with Your KidsMISSION: FAMILY: A Journal to Help Catholic Families Discover Their Unique Vision, Mission, and Rule of LifeConnect with Heidi at her website, on Instagram, and on Facebook.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Chloe Langr is a writer, podcaster, and the author of Created for Love: Reflections for the Catholic Bride-to-Be and the forthcoming Letters to Women: Embracing the Feminine Genius in Everyday Life.She is passionate about the feminine genius, which she explores on her podcast, Letters to Women. When she isn't buried under a growing stack of books, you can find her in a local coffee shop, spending time with her husband, Joseph, and their daughter, Maeve.Though again this episode was recorded before we knew what COVID-19 was, it’s relevant and powerful in this time. Chloe invites us to reflect on Pope Saint John Paul II’s trademark phrase,"Be not afraid."We hope you’ll be encouraged by the realization that God knows we’re going to face fear. He knows we want to be in control. He also wants us to trust Him, and these words can help us do just that. Remember: He’s with us at every moment.May you be drawn further in to the joy and peace of the Easter season with this conversation.Other resources mentioned in this episode include this song by Mike Mangione and these temporary tattoos from Just Love Prints.Connect with Chloe at her blog, Instagram, and Facebook.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Allison Gingras is pure joy, and it was a gift to have her on the show. Allison is the founder of Reconciled to You, host of A Seeking Heart on Breadbox Media, WINE Steward for WINE: Women In the New Evangelization, and creator of the Stay Connected Journals for Catholic Women.The most recent of these—Seeking Peace: A Spiritual Journey from Worry to Trust (super relevant, right?!)—is available now.She brings us words from Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis that are fit for any time of year, but have particular poignancy during Holy Week:“Try to bear patiently with the defects and infirmities of others, whatever they may be, because you also have many a fault which others must endure.”If you’re looking for good spiritual reading, this book is a great place to start!Connect with Allison at Reconciled to You, and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

This episode was recorded before we understood what the coronavirus was. Before school closings. Before social distancing. Way before Pope Francis’s Urbi et Orbi blessing and message.We share this information because of the surprising relevance this episode carries, right down to the Gospel passage on which Pope Francis reflected last week. We hope you are encouraged, inspired, and lifted up by the hand of our God over this conversation.Val Kelly is a daughter of God, wife, and mom, as well as a co-founding team member of You, Me and NFP. Her quote comes from her husband, Brendan. It’s a prayer he has often prayed when the couple needs to rely on God and trust in the faithfulness of Christ.“God you have never failed us in the past and you will not fail us in the future.”Val also calls on Mark 4:35-41:“On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, ‘Let us cross to the other side.’ Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, ‘Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?’ They were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?’”Please be sure to click over to youmeandnfp.com, and to follow the movement on Instagram and Facebook.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Alexandra Sullivan is the blogger behind Transform Our Hearts and co-host of the podcast, Raising Saints: Helping Kids Hear God's Voice, which is available on all major platforms.Sometimes things we read stick with us, even if we’re not sure why until much later. Alexandra shares a section from psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl’s iconic book, Man's Search for Meaning, which she first read in 11th grade morality class."Everything can be taken from man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way."What a gift this freedom is, and how important it is that we cultivate it and use it rightly. Listen in for more, and then let us know what you think!Follow blog happenings on Facebook and Instagram, and catch news on the podcast on Facebook and Instagram, too.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Adalee Hude is a lovely Catholic artist and creator of Light of Heaven: A Children’s Book of Saints and Light of Heaven Saints Coloring Book. She brings us words from Venerable Fulton Sheen:“Broken things are precious. We eat broken bread because we share in the depth of our Lord and His broken life. Broken flowers give perfume. Broken incense is used in adoration. A broken ship saved Paul and many other passengers on their way to Rome. Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.”Wow, right?Find this and other pearls of wisdom from Sheen in Through the Year with Fulton Sheen: Inspirational Selections for Each Day of the Year.See Adalee’s beautiful work at www.brightandholy.com and get her books at Our Sunday Visitor.For even more inspiration, follow Adalee on Instagram and Facebook (@brightlyhude).To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Deanna Bartalini, writer, speaker, and retreat leader who just formed the online community An Every Day Catholic, joins the show today. Deanna is no stranger to podcasting, as she’s also the host of Not Lukewarm. She brings a simple, but powerful quote to share:“All will be well.”--Julian of NorwichEven if we’re undecided on how we ought to pronounce “Norwich,” there’s no question as to the importance of taking these words to heart. Read them and more in Julian’s book, Showings, to which Deanna was introduced through her book club.Learn more about Deanna at her website, http://www.deannabartalini.com/, and find her on Instagram and Facebook. Be sure to check out her new program, An Every Day Catholic Community, too!To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Anna Camacho, owner and maker of CORDA, is well versed in the lives of the saints, but she also finds inspiration from cooking magazines! Her quote comes from a chef interview in a 2017 issue of Food & Wine:"Do it as it should be done.”Listen in for the story of this quote and how far it reaches back, and get inspired to be faithful to whatever God is calling you to right now. It’s today, in this moment, that we can become saints.Follow Anna on Instagram(@cordacandles)for more on her beautiful line of candles.To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Amanda Martinez Beck is the author of Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me, as well as co-founder and editor for Ruah Storytellers (whose Lenten series launches tomorrow!).In this episode, Amanda shares what drew her to convert to Catholicism nearly five years ago and how recognizing herself as God’s treasure has impacted her life.Amanda shares a quote from St. Lawrence in the third century, in reference to the sick, the infirm, and others cast aside in Roman society:“These are the treasures of the Church.”She also shares a mind-blowing line she received from the Holy Spirit in prayer, which is worthy of its own episode: “Culture turns the wall of the human heart into a door.”Amanda introduces herself as the fat woman behind the Instagram account @your_body_is_good and the cohost of the Fat & Faithful podcast. You can learn more about her newest project, The Good Body Initiative, at her website, amandamartinezbeck.com. To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

Today we welcome Scott Williams, founder of Sock Religious, who brings us a quote he came across while coaching youth hockey, from Coach Piggy Lambert.“Ask me in 20 years and we’ll see how successful these boys are. Then I’ll be able to tell you if I succeeded as a coach.”Here’s the book on Coach John Wooden in which Scott found this inspiration: Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization. Whether or not you’re involved with youth in sports or ministry, listen in to have Scott’s quote help you embrace the present moment and be all God’s calling you to be right now. Your trust and faithfulness today will, with His grace, bear beautiful fruit in the future.Other quotes we discussed:“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”–St. Teresa of Kolkata“It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us. No statement says all that could be said. No prayer fully expresses our faith. No confession brings perfection. No pastoral visit brings wholeness. No program accomplishes the Church's mission. No set of goals and objectives includes everything. This is what we are about. We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest. We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.”--Attributed to St. Oscar RomeroGet your socks at sockreligious.com and follow Scott on Instagram (@sockreligious).To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

If you want to better understand redemptive suffering, Emily DeArdo is your girl. Author of Living Memento Mori: My Journey Through the Stations of the Cross, Emily is a joy and an inspiration. We hope this conversation encourages you, especially as we gear up for Lent.Emily’s quote comes from St. Thomas More:“Nothing can come but what God wills. And I am very sure that whatever that be, however bad it may seem, it shall indeed be the best.”Pick up Emily’s book wherever books are sold (try your local Catholic bookstore first!). Connect with Emily at her website, emilymdeardo.com, and find her on Facebook and Instagram (@emily_deardo).To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend.Until next time, God bless you!

Alexandria Marrow is a theology-teacher-turned-SAHM, who now focuses on writing. Most of her work is poetry and short fiction. Like Lindsay, she is a contributing writer for Ever Eden Literary Journal. (Check out our interview in Season One with Ever Eden publisher, Amy O’Connell.)Her quote was her mother’s favorite line:“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”These words from Henry David Thoreau take us into virtue, truth, goodness, and the struggle against contemporary relativism, and lead us back to the hope we have in the power of beauty.Listen in and be inspired!Be sure to follow Alexandria on Instagram, @amarrow001, and her website, www.alexandriamarrow.com.As always, to suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!

It’s a joy to welcome Tim Lucchesi, stay-at-home dad, director of Chaste Love, and co-host of the new podcast, Home But Not Alone, to the show.Tim brings us a quote from Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. This quote comes from the 101st talk in the series, given on November 24, 1982, titled “Christ Opened Marriage to the Saving Action of God.” Here’s the short version:"He (Jesus) assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman."And here’s the long version:“Christ, in the Sermon on the Mount, gives his own interpretation of the commandment, ‘You shall not commit adultery’—an interpretation constitutes a new ethos—with the same lapidary words he assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously (even though this can be deduced from the text only in an indirect way), he also assigns to every woman the dignity of every man. Finally he assigns to every one—both to man and woman—their own dignity, in a certain sense, the sacrum of the person.”Here, too, is the purported C.S. Lewis quote that Lindsay mentions (which, it turns out, he never actually said; sorry): “You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”Learn more about Tim’s ministry at chastelove.org and @thechastelove on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. And be sure to check out Home But Not Alone, co-hosted by Tim and Sara Estabrooks (who we welcomed to the show S2:E1).To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review wherever you find your podcasts, and tell a friend. Until next time, God bless you!