“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” Jacques Maritain
Gratitude
God alone
“Do not try to please everybody, try to please God, the angels, and the saints- they are your public.” St. John Vianney
Living to please God alone?
Do everything with love!
“Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.” St. Therese of Lisieux
Putting love into it?
Endurance
“There always comes, I think, a sort of peak in suffering at which either you win over your pain or your pain wins over you, according as to whether you can, or cannot, call up that extra ounce of endurance that helps you to break through the circle of yourself and do the hitherto impossible.” – Elizabeth George
Temples of the Holy Spirit
Reservoirs
“The man who is wise, therefore, will see his life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours out what it receives; the reservoir retains the water till it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself … Today there are many in the Church who act like canals, the reservoirs are far too rare … You too must learn to await this fullness before pouring out your gifts, do not try to be more generous than God.”
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