“Give some time every day, if it is only half an hour, to devotional reading, which is as necessary to the well-ordering of the mind as the hand of the gardener is to prevent the weeds from destroying your favorite plants.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton...
You are a prisoner for charity, or, to put it better, a prisoner for Jesus Christ. What a happiness to suffer for this great Monarch, and how many crowns await you if you persevere to the end (III:242).
“Now if there ever was a good work, it is that of nursing the sick, so much so indeed that it surpasses all others in value.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, whenever I am involved in any way with sick persons, whether at home or in the hospital,...
O God my Lord, please be the bond of their hearts; bring to flower the effects of so many holy affections You cause them to form, and give growth to the fruits of their labors for the salvation of souls. Water with Your eternal blessings this establishment, like a new...
