“You should feel at home with sufferings that it pleases Jesus to send you, since you always have to live with them. Acting thus you think less of being freed from them. Jesus who cannot suffer long to keep you in affliction will come to relieve and comfort you by infusing fresh courage into your soul.” St. Padre Pio
Every marathon runner knows the value of hydration and gu energy packs during a race; you simply cannot finish with it. Allow the healing balm of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist and Confession to keep you strong in your race for holiness!!
“Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.” St. Patrick At the beginning of each day, Christ is knocking at the door of your heart. Let him in and ask him to accompany you during each moment of the day!
“Occupy your minds with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones. Unoccupied, they cannot be.”St. Thomas More Go to Christ in the Eucharist and allow him to bring peace and order to your tired and confused mind!
Know that even when you are in the kitchen, our Lord moves amidst the pots and pans.”St. Teresa of Avila Don’t waste this opportunity to console the Heart of Christ and offer it up for the salvation of many souls!
“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?” – Dorothy Day
If Christ is at the center of your heart, everything else tends to fall into place…