“Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and casually, without attaching any value to her own thoughts, yet giving great value to the thoughts of the one she was talking to.” Leo Tolstoy
Empathetic listening
Empathetic Listening
Perseverance
“Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Perseverance
God the Father of Mercy
“The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.” CS Lewis
God the Father of Mercy
Sunday homily
The end in mind…
“When you enter the world everyone rejoiced and you cried. Live your life so when you die, everyone cries and you rejoice.” Author unknown
Keep the end in mind
Meeting your spouse’s needs…
“If you love me as you say you do,’ she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.” Anna Karenina- (Leo Tolstoy). “Love” is going where your spouse needs you to go and consciously meeting his or her needs, not how “you” would prefer to love your spouse…
