“If only we have courage, we will go to heaven on horseback instead of idling and creeping along.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – I will pray today for fortitude, that wonderful gift of the Holy Spirit, which will enable me to overcome whatever...
“A grain of charity suffices to calm many anxieties and ease many differences.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Heavenly Father, when the opportunity to be a peacemaker comes my way, help me to accept it and show your love equally to those with...
A weathercock is no more subject to the way the wind blows than the mind of man is to exterior agitations, by which he is drawn now to one side and then to another; God permits this to try good persons and to strengthen them in Him (VI:449).
“You see a great deal of distress that you are unable to relieve. God sees it also. Bear the pains of the poor together with them, doing all you can to give them whatever help they need, and remain in peace.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, when...
