Inspirational thoughts

“Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.” George Eliot

“Those who do not complain are never pitied.” Jane Austen

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” Jane Austen

“In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.” – St. Teresa of Avila

“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, ‘Wait and Hope.’”  The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” CS Lewis

A brother questioned Abba Arsenius to hear a word of him and the old man said to him, “Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.”

“The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about everlasting peace on earth,” – St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“Do you really believe what you are proclaiming? Do you live what you believe? Do you really preach what you live? The witness of life has become more than ever an essential condition for real effectiveness in preaching.” Pope St. Paul VI
St. Paul was an effective preacher and converted thousands to the Catholic faith, because he was an authentic and convinced Christian who had a very deep and a very personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

“To maintain any thread in the novel there must be a view of the world behind it & the most important single item under this view of the world is conception of love—divine, natural, & perverted. It is probably possible to say that when a view of love is present—a broad enough view—no more need be added to make the world view.” – Flannery O’Connor

What greater example of love than Jesus dying on the cross for me and you and the whole world…