“To pass from sadness to joy requires a birth, a moment of travail and labor, for no one ever mounts to a higher level of life without death to the lower.” Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
“Distractions are one of the more common difficulties in prayer. They are absolutely normal and should neither surprise nor sadden us. When we realize that we have become distracted from our prayer and our thoughts are wandering, rather than getting discouraged or angry, we should simply, peacefully and gently bring our minds back to God.”–Fr. Jacques Philippe
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” Seneca
What direction are you heading in right now? Is it time to adjust the sails a bit?
“The gentleman is the one who is modest and retiring, who waits first on the others and thinks of everyone but himself, and finds his chief happiness in making someone else happy; who, however poor and humble anyone else may be, bears to them the open palm of true nobility.” Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
“Physical idleness deteriorates the mind; spiritual idleness deteriorates the heart.” Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Go to your local Catholic Church, sit or kneel in one of the pews and simply hang out with Jesus…your soul needs to be touched and nourished by his love!!
“The sincere are those who have an ensemble of virtues, who are equally good at speaking and listening; who have silences, as well as words; who are not opaque like curtains, but transparent like window panes. They speak, knowing that one day they will have to be judged by God.” Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
