“I have never known a person to have been truly devoted to St. Joseph and to have rendered him special honor without seeing him advance rapidly in virtue; because the holy patriarch assists with special care those who recommend themselves to him … should the reader not believe my words, I only ask him for the love of God to make a trial and he will experience for himself what a grace it is to recommend oneself to this glorious patriarch.” St. Teresa of Avila
The sun will rise…
“Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise.” Victor Hugo
The calm after the storm
Reaching out?
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” – Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Reaching out?
Confidence in God
“When we place our dependence in God, we are unencumbered, and we have no worry. In fact, we may even be reckless, insofar as our part in the production is concerned. This confidence, this sureness of action, is both contagious and an aid to the perfect action. The rest is in the hands of God – and this is the same God, gentlemen, who has won all His battles up to now.” Vince Lombardi
Trusting in God’s plan for you
Preach the truth…with charity
Preach and defend the truth…with charity
“We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.”
Saint John Chrysostom
Forgiveness
“He who knows how to forgive prepares for himself many graces from God. As often as I look upon the cross, so often will I forgive with all my heart.”
-St Faustina, St. Faustina’s diary