“Looking up steadily spares the pain, both of retrospection and anticipation.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Lord, at times I am overwhelmed with guilt about my past actions and so filled with dread about the future; I am unable to move ahead in...
How consoled you will be at the hour of death for having consumed your life for the same reason for which Jesus Christ gave His life– for charity, for God, for the poor (VII:397).
“Rash judgments are what Jesus most reproved in the Gospel.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, because I can never know the motives or interior struggles of another person, help me to avoid those thoughtless judgments I so often make about the...
“One of the most powerful reasons to induce us to love God is the conviction we enjoy that He loves us.” – St. Louise de Marillac – Blessed, Lord, I am humbled every time I think of your unconditional love for me— a love that knows no limits....
It is not men who make things go well, but God, who sometimes allows them to go differently than the way we would like so as to make us realize that we can do nothing about them or to try our patience (VII:389).
