Inspirational thoughts

“I would ask you to believe that he has a heart he very, very seldom reveals, and that there are deep wounds in it. My dear, I have seen it bleeding.” Charles Dickens, Tale of Two Cities

“The cloud of caring for nothing, which overshadowed him with such a fatal darkness, was very rarely pierced by the light within him.”(Charles Dickens, “Tale of Two Cities”)
The indifference of so many towards religion in general and the Catholic Church in particular, with so many empty pews, deeply hurts the Sacred Heart of Christ…does it bother you?

“A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away—the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us—is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.” —The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens). As I read this quote, I think of the look that my mom, my dad and St. John Paul II gave to me…so powerful!

“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.” — Epictetus

“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.” — St. Mother Theresa

“Perfection does not consist in having no friendships at all, but in having those which are good, holy, and sacred.” St. Francis de Sales

“Too much self-indulging or too much self-discipline have one thing in common: too much. Living to extremes–either extreme – generally does little to promote lasting health, happiness or holiness.” St. Francis de Sales

“Those who look well after their own consciences rarely fall into the sin of judging others.” St. Francis de Sales

“Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God’s mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.” St. John Chrysostom

“Above all, avoid false accusations and the distortion of truth regarding your neighbor.” St. Francis de Sales