“A weathervane is not more subject to air currents than the mind of a man to exterior agitations which draw him now to one thing, again to another. God permits this to test the good and to make them turn more strongly to him. Blessed are those who submit to his...
I can only be deeply grieved by the intense sufferings of the poor slaves and by my inability to procure some relief for them; may it please God to have pity on them (VII:523).
“Every step we take all day long is a step of nature or a step of grace.” (CW 3a:258) – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Lord, I rejoice in my freedom to choose and in the knowledge that my life is formed by my choices. Help me to choose whatever is...
“Men are so constituted that even the holiest are disposed to contradict each other.” (CCD 4:232+233) – St. Vincent de Paul – Keep far away from me, O Lord, the desire to argue and contradict others. When I do fail, give me the grace to be the...
