Inspirational thoughts

“I do not remember even now that I have ever asked anything of him which he has failed to grant. I am astonished at the great favors which God has bestowed on me through this blessed saint, and at the perils from which He has freed me, both in body and in soul.” St. Teresa of Avila

“Starve your distractions, feed your focus.”

“Who is the happiest of man?  He who values the  merits of others and in their pleasure takes joy.” (Goethe)

“Turn your car into a monastery.” Bishop Robert Barron

“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

“Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.” St. Gregory Naziansen

• “Whatever troubles may be before you, accept them cheerfully, remembering Whom you are trying to follow. Do not be afraid.” St. Mary MacKillop

“The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed Sacrament does not operate completely and once for all in any of us. Like the act of Faith it must be continuous and grow by exercise.” J.R.R. Tolkien

“If You Have Men Who Will Only Come If They Know There Is A Good Road, I Don’t Want Them. I Want Men Who Will Come If There Is No Road At All.” – David Livingston