“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.” Jane Austen
Inspirational thoughts
Serving God
“You should know that as long as I live, I desire to do something in God’s service.” St. Teresa of Avila
God is our loving “Father”!
Leave it all to God and leave your interests in His hands. He knows what is fitting for us…” St. Teresa of Avila
God’s mercy
“It’s not what you were, but what you are now and what you want to be, that God beholds with his merciful love.” Rumor Godden
Moms matter
“Culture derives from woman- for had she not taught her children to talk, the great spiritual values of the world would not have passed from generation to generation. After nourishing the substance of the body to which she gave birth, she then nourishes the child with he substance of her mind. As guardian of the values of the spirit, as protectress of the morality of the young, she preserves culture, which deals with purposes and ends, while man upholds civilization, which deals only with means.” Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Inner beauty
“The splendor or a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.” St. Thomas Aquinas
Kindness
“Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence or learning.” Fr. Faber
The empty tomb
“Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial.
We progress by means of trial.
No-one knows himself except through trial,
or receives a crown,
except after victory,
or strives,
except against an enemy or temptations.”
St Augustine
Suffering…
“To such a [wavering, fearful, uncertain] person [suffering a trial], Christ wanted his own deed to speak out (as it were) with his own living voice, “O faint of heart, take courage and do not despair. You are afraid, you are sad, you are stricken with weariness and dread of the torment with which you have been cruelly threatened. Trust me. I conquered the world, and yet I suffered immeasurably more from fear.”
St. Thomas More
Holy Thursday
The washing of the feet and the sacrament of the Eucharist: two expressions of one and the same mystery of love entrusted to the disciples, so that, Jesus says, “as I have done… so also must you do” (Jn 13: 15). – St. John Paul II