Inspirational thoughts
“Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Sm 16:7). And Mary’s heart was fully disposed to the fulfillment of the divine will. This is why the Blessed Virgin is the model of Christian expectation and hope… In her heart there is no shade of selfishness: she desires nothing for herself except God’s glory and human salvation. For her, the very privilege of being preserved from original sin is not a reason to boast, but one for total service to her Son’s redemptive mission.” St. John Paul II
Vanity
“Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.” Jane Austen
Pray!
“Shut your eyes and see” James Joyce
God’s surprises
“I just don’t like my world disturbed without some warning.” Harper Lee
Love for the poor
” Above all, always see Jesus in every person, and consequently treat each one not only as an equal and as a brother or sister, but also with great humility, respect and selfless generosity.”
— St. Charles de Foucauld
Happiness
Give your heart to God
“Let us offer our hearts, wretched and empty as they are, to God, that He may be pleased to fill them with that charity which amends the past, which ensures the future, which fears and trusts, weeps and rejoices in its knowledge; which becomes in every instance the virtue of which we stand in need.”
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Use of time
The greatest generation
“To have courage. To have honor. Is very beautiful.”
James A. Michener
*(MY DAD WAS IN THE BACK LEFT, IN FRONT OF THE TWO RED XX)