Inspirational thoughts

“Leave it all to God and leave your interests in His hands. He knows what is fitting for us…” St. Teresa of Avila

Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.” St. Cardinal Newman

“(Many men) have a number of good qualities, and are in a certain sense and up to certain point religious; but they do not watch. Their notion of religion is briefly this: loving God indeed, but loving this world too; not only doing their duty, but finding their chief and highest good , in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call them, resting in it, taking it as their portion. They serve God, and they seek Him; but they look on the present world as if it were eternal.” St. Cardinal Newman

“The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or her neighbor. These two loves are never separated. Rest assured, the more you progress in love of neighbor, the more your love of God will increase.”  St. Teresa of Avila

“Your imperfections do not shock me, for I see myself with so many.” St. Teresa of Avila

“However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.” St. Teresa of Avila

Radio Maria interview with Joe Hart (President and CEO of Dale Carnegie) and his wife Katie:  https://radiomaria.us/vigilant-hearts-with-fr-michael-sliney-december-15-2025-special-guests-joe-hart-president-and-ceo-of-dale-carnegie-and-his-wife-katie/

“God is more pleased by one work, however small, done secretly, without desire that it be known, than a thousand done with the desire that people know of them. Those who work for God with purest love not only care nothing about whether others see their works, but do not even seek that God himself know of them.” St. John of the Cross

“It is easy to love the people far away.  It is not always easy to love those close to us.  Bring love into your home, for this is where our love for each other must start.” St. Teresa of Calcutta

“If ever you have a fit of sadness or trouble, remember that it is because you are still attached to life, or health, or some comfort, or person, or thing that you ought to forget and despise that you may desire Jesus Christ only.” ~Saint Claude de la Colombiere