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…
“The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain.” St. Padre Pio
Satan’s traps are all over the place, and we need to watch, pray and fight with great love for Christ so as to avoid his snares.
“Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.” – Saint Ambrose
Self control demands a strong motivation and effort. Little things can help a lot: eating more of what you don’t like and less of what you like, being nicer to the difficult people in your life, carving out time to pray daily even though your tendency is to “do more”, biting your tongue when you want to lash out or waiting to respond to a provocative email until you are calm…etc.
Passions need to be put in check, and shut off and on when appropriate…but we desperately need God’s help. Regular Confession and daily Mass is the best way to guarantee this happening!!
Thy Kingdom Come!Dear Friends in Christ, “God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.” CS Lewis
We all have our calendars and schedules for the day…but within each day, there will always be surprises and some not so pleasant, but perhaps very useful for our spiritual growth. At the end of each day, look back and ask, “What were the ‘God moments’ today and what lessons was he trying to teach me?” This is how we grow!
