Inspirational thoughts

“I say to the willow tree, “Don’t weep for me.”  Bob Dylan

“The more ready you are to give yourself to God and to others, the more you discover the authentic meaning of life.”  St. John Paul II

“Remember that it is not feeling of guilt that constitutes sin but the consent to sin. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue.” St. Padre Pio

“Today’s society does not pray. That is why it is falling apart.” St. Padre Pio

“He pours light into our minds, arouses our desire and gives us strength… As the soul is the life of the body, so the Holy Spirit is the life of our souls.”  —St. Peter Damian

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”
— Lance Armstrong

“A former Navy chaplain, Bishop John McNamara, recalled for me his first meeting with Cardinal O’Connor. Let me quote from his reminiscence: “Father O’Connor, the division Chaplain of the Marines, came up from Vietnam to interview the new clergy. I remember his first words to me. I'm John O'Connor, what can I do for you?' I often thought of this meeting because those words,What can I do for you?’ so characterize arid personify the John O’Connor I have known for 35 years.”

So many of us have heard him say, “What can I do for you?” There was no burden too heavy, no problem too complex for his genuine compassion and desire to help. To understand this in him is to understand that he was, to the core of his being, a priest.”

“The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother”

– Coach John Wooden

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot

“Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.” -St. Pope Paul VI