Inspirational thoughts

“No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.”— Helen Keller
    Selfless people who give with a smile, even though they have their own burdens and troubles, are truly bright lights that warm many, many hearts.

 

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson    Realize your potential and don’t slow God down…live for him and him alone, not worrying about the lives of others, and he will flood your soul with inner peace.  

“If I did not simply live from one moment to the next, it would be impossible for me to keep my patience. I can see only the present, I forget the past and I take good care not to think about the future. We get discouraged and feel despair because we brood about the past and the future. It is such folly to pass one’s time fretting, instead of resting quietly on the heart of Jesus.” St. Therese of Lisieux

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

“The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If certain thoughts bother you, it is the devil who causes you to worry, and not God, who, being the spirit of peace, grants you tranquility.”  St. Padre Pio

“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and be understood.” Seneca

     Faith is a gift and the Resurrection is very much at the center of our Catholic Faith.  Rejoice on this Easter Sunday to celebrate this fundamental truth and the strongest motivation within the treasure of our Catholic Faith!

“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”
― C.S. Lewis