Inspirational thoughts

“Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family.” St. Angela Merici

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And — which is more — you’ll be a Man, my son!

From If by Rudyard Kipling

“No one heals himself by wounding another.” St. Ambrose

“When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings.”St. Paul of the Cross

“Conform yourself as closely as possible to His humility and gentleness in dealing with your neighbor. . . Love those who humble and contradict you, for they are more useful to your perfection than those who flatter you.”  St. Margaret Mary Alcoque

“I fear nothing, for God is with me.” St. Joan of Arc

Abba Anthony said: “Whoever sits in solitude and is quiet has escaped from three wars: those of hearing, speaking, and seeing. Then there is only one war left in which to fight, and that is the battle for your own heart”

“Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will give you with the utmost humility and simplicity. For God, Who has an infinite love for obedience, frequently renders profitable the counsels we take from others, but especially from those who are the guides of our souls.”

– St. Francis de Sales

“We are such value to God that he came to live among us … and to guide us home. He will go to any length to seek us, even to being lifted high upon the cross to draw us back to himself. We can only respond by loving God for his love. “

St. Catherine of Sienna

“I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.”
– Saint Dominic Savio