Inspirational thoughts

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now.”

St Teresa of Calcutta

“Jesus possesses my heart, and being in possession of Jesus I find that I can smile, even in the midst of so many tears. I feel, yes, I feel that I am happy even in the midst of so many sufferings.” St. Gemma Galgani

“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.”  Flannery O’Connor

“I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” Flannery O’Connor. Sometimes our heaviest crosses can be our greatest blessings…if we see them with the eyes of Faith.

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength” – Eric Hoffer

“God has chosen you to make him known to others.” St. John Baptist De La Salle
Imagine where our Catholic Church would be if St. Andrew had not introduced his brother, St. Pater, to Jesus? Who have you brought closer to Jesus in your life?

“Reality is not neat, not obvious, not what you expect.” – C. S. Lewis

“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.” Nathaniel Hawthorne

There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
– G.K. Chesterton