Inspirational thoughts

“This heart, it beats for us in a small tabernacle where it remains mysteriously hidden in that still, white host.” St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

“The holiness of God is like a white light: pure, simple, complete. But when that light shines, as it were, through the prisms of individual human lives, it breaks into an infinite variety of colors… each one reveals a unique dimension of the divine holiness.”  Bishop Robert Barron

“We shall, however, succeed in it by no other means than those employed by our Divine Head. Let us be thoroughly convinced that we shall do more work for the good of the Church, the salvation of souls, the glory of our Heavenly Father, in seeking first of all to remain united to God by a life of love and faith of which He is alone the object, than by a devouring and feverish activity which leaves us no leisure to find God again in solitude, recollection, prayer, and self-detachment.”  Blessed Columba Marmion

“Christianity is not a set of private convictions that we cultivate inwardly or whisper among ourselves. It is the message that the whole world needs to hear. We who have heard it must become agents of subversion and transformation.”  Bishop Robert Barron

“Joy is the echo of God’s life within us.” Blessed Columba Marmion

“God has given different gifts for different people. There is no basis for feeling inferior to another who has a different gift. Once it is realized that we shall be judged by the gift we have received, rather than the gift we have not, one is completely delivered from a false sense of inferiority.” Venerable Fulton Sheen

“The trouble with our times is that we focus on the temporal, rather than the eternal.” Venerable Fulton Sheen

“We are still awaiting Easter; we are not yet standing in the full light but walking toward it full of trust.” — Pope Benedict XVI