“Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand.” St. Angela Merici
Inspirational thoughts
Overcome
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” Enrest Hemingway, (The Old Man and the Sea)
Compassion
“It is not violence that best overcomes hate—nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.” (Jane Eyre) Charlotte Bronte
Generosity
“Teach us to give, and not count the cost.” St. Ignatius of Loyola
Anger and peace
“Just as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind.” St. John Climacus
My latest poem
What do you REALLY want? To be happy?
Or perhaps famous and super wealthy?
Success can be reached if you are “scrappy”,
If you’re laser focused and stay healthy…
But is that the “reason” why we are here??
To climb worldly ladders and reach new tiers??
The “God-hole” within each aching heart,
Reminds us where we all got our start!
More prayer…selfless love…God’s will…be smart!!!
Getting back up!
“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” – Rocky Balboa, Rocky
Mary’s intercession…
“No one has access to the Almighty as His Mother has; none has merit such as hers. Her Son will deny her nothing that she asks; and herein lies her power.” St. Cardinal Newman
The Holy Family
“For every believer, and especially for Christian families, the humble dwelling place in Nazareth is an authentic school of the Gospel. Here we admire, put into practice, the divine plan to make the family an intimate community of life and love; here we learn that every Christian family is called to be a small “domestic church” that must shine with the Gospel virtues. Recollection and prayer, mutual understanding and respect, personal discipline and community asceticism and a spirit of sacrifice, work and solidarity are typical features that make the family of Nazareth a model for every home.” – St. John Paul II, Angelus, December 30, 2001
Staying in the fight!
“Make me preach Thee without preaching — not by words, but by my example and by the catching force, the sympathetic influence, of what I do — by my visible resemblance to Thy saints, and the evident fulness of the love which my heart bears to Thee.” St. Cardinal Newman