“It is best to learn to silence the faculties and to cause them to be still so that God may speak.” St. John of the Cross
Silence the faculties
Shutting out the noise
Spiritual battle
“Remember that it is not feeling of guilt that constitutes sin but the consent to sin. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue.” St. Padre Pio
Sin happens when you “consent”
Reasons to be pro-life
March for Life!
“. . . we are facing an enormous and dramatic clash between good and evil, death and life, the “culture of death” and the “culture of life”. We find ourselves not only faced with but necessarily in the midst of this conflict: we are all involved and we all share in it, with the inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally pro-life.” (St. John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae)
Not looking for recognition…
“God is more pleased by one work, however small, done secretly, without desire that it be known, than a thousand done with desire that men know of them.” St. John of the Cross
Hidden charity
Living close to God
“Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.” St. John of the Cross