Top 90 Mark Hart Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Gray and overcast from my earthly perspective, but it’s sunny above these storm clouds. Grace lets us see life from God’s point of view.”

— Mark Hart

52. “God doesn’t desire our worship because He is egocentric. He desires it because we are.”

— Mark Hart

53. “Some people say, “If you trust in God’s unconditional love, why do you need to pray?” A better ending is “why wouldn’t you want to?””

— Mark Hart

54. “Consider God’s love for you. Now double it. Now multiply that by 900 trillion. You’re still not even close.”

— Mark Hart

55. “If your sin feels “too big,” your vision of God is too small.”

— Mark Hart

56. “It’s pretty sad that when people see a guy buying flowers, they assume he’s in trouble.”

— Mark Hart

57. “You don’t become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.”

— Mark Hart

58. “Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His name.”

— Mark Hart

59. “God has a plan for you today: one designed to help get you to Heaven.”

— Mark Hart

60. “Everything we have – every blessing, every talent – is a gift from our Father. The only thing that’s all ours is our sin.”

— Mark Hart

61. “Giving God permission to make you a saint will ruin your life.”

— Mark Hart

62. “If we could see, even for a split second, the depths of God’s love for us – all we’d want to do is worship and prayer would never seem a chore.”

— Mark Hart

63. “Great morning prayer is like marinating in the Holy Spirit.”

— Mark Hart

64. “The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love.”

— Mark Hart

65. “As I get older I’ve come to realize that the best way to “get even” with someone is to forgive – and then forget.”

— Mark Hart

66. “The funny thing about the boy who gave away his loaves and fish is that he, too, ended the day with a full stomach.”

— Mark Hart

67. “The commandments are a gift, not a curse. Sin is less about breaking the rules and more about breaking the Father’s heart.”

— Mark Hart

68. “Fatherhood has taught me when it’s too quiet my kids are usually sinning. God the Father knows the same. Are you praying?”

— Mark Hart

69. “Don’t make Christ ride shotgun.”

— Mark Hart

70. “A parent asked me today, “How do you get your children to pray in church?” My response? “Pray at home.””

— Mark Hart

71. “What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.”

— Mark Hart

72. “Your faith is measured by how well you love those who can’t stand you.”

— Mark Hart

73. “Sometimes holiness demands that we speak up, but oftentimes it calls us to shut up.”

— Mark Hart

74. “Sometimes we forget that sin really is optional.”

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75. “How beautiful that after 2,000 years, no one can outdo “God is love.” It’s the most perfectly concise, hopeful phrase in history.”

— Mark Hart

76. “Married couples, may we never forget that when attacks come the grace of the sacrament is eternally stronger than we are.”

— Mark Hart

77. “Prayer is where the cross changes shoulders.”

— Mark Hart

78. “Christ always calls us to life and constantly to greater joy, but rarely does He call us to comfort.”

— Mark Hart

79. “When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, ‘look at how great I am,’ but ‘ask me about how great my God is!’”

— Mark Hart

80. “As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift.”

— Mark Hart

81. “A homeless man standing at the off-ramp: the question in these moments isn’t whether Jesus is in Him, but in me.”

— Mark Hart

82. “You can’t do God’s will and satisfy everyone.”

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83. “Teacher: “If your daughter knew her spelling words as well as her Bible stories she’d get into Harvard.” Me: “I’ll settle for Heaven.””

— Mark Hart

84. “There are 2 main things I’ve learned about following the Holy Spirit: It will never be easy. It will never be boring.”

— Mark Hart

85. “It breaks my heart when couples focus more on being wed than being married. Two become one doesn’t happen without work, humility, and sacrifice.”

— Mark Hart

86. “It’s been a few days since I’ve seen my kids. My hearts racing; I can’t wait to hold them. This is just a glimpse into God’s heart at Mass.”

— Mark Hart

87. “When a majority of my prayers are for others to change, I’ve gotten off track. Lord, change this sinner’s heart.”

— Mark Hart

88. “It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis – the great lover of animals – is now a pigeon’s target in countless yards.”

— Mark Hart

89. “It is in our darkest cultures that the greatest saints rise, stand, and lead.”

— Mark Hart

90. “Fatherhood: How God blesses you out of your selfishness and floods your soul with love, all while reminding you how little you know...”

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91. “If I were as good at praying as I am at not praying I’d be really holy.”

— Mark Hart

92. “We take a beautiful little boy and we put him in a diaper and we give him a lethal weapon and we say LOVE. Which makes absolutely no sense.”

— Mark Hart

93. “Oh, how much holier the world would be if more people invoked their right to remain silent.”

— Mark Hart

94. “Make it a point, several times a day, to stop what you are doing and “find” God around you. Pick a moment, such as when you look at your watch, and make that a “God moment.” Notice his presence in the obvious things like family pictures on your desk, or the not-so-obvious things like the mess of dishes in the sink – yet another day that he provided your family with food to eat.”

— Mark Hart