Inspirational thoughts

“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” William Shakespeare

“I am not bound to please thee with my answer.” William Shakespeare

To acquire a plenary indulgence it is necessary also to fulfill the following three conditions: sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer for the intention of the Holy Father while being detached from sin.

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.” Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

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

“There are plenty of ways to practice mortification! Just patiently endure cold, heat, sickness, troubles, people, happenings, and so forth.” St. John Bosco

“What is deferred is not avoided.”

“Your reward in heaven will make up completely for all your pain and suffering.” St. John Bosco

“No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.” St. John Chrysostom

“There’s only one great evil in the world today. Despair.”
― Evelyn Waugh