Michael Sliney

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And — which is more — you’ll be a Man, my son!

From If by Rudyard Kipling

“No one heals himself by wounding another.” St. Ambrose

“When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings.”St. Paul of the Cross

“Conform yourself as closely as possible to His humility and gentleness in dealing with your neighbor. . . Love those who humble and contradict you, for they are more useful to your perfection than those who flatter you.”  St. Margaret Mary Alcoque

“I fear nothing, for God is with me.” St. Joan of Arc