Inspirational thoughts

“I know someone will ask me, ‘Do you really mean, at this time of day, to re-introduce our old friend the devil—hoofs and horns and all?’ Well, what the time of day has to do with it I do not know. And I am not particular about the hoofs and horns.” CS Lewis

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.”  – Evening Solace (poem) Charlotte Bronte

“Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end.” St. Ignatius of Loyola

“To always be close to Jesus, that’s my life plan.” St. Carlo Acutis

“We must understand then, that even though God doesn’t always give us what we want, he always gives us what we need for our salvation” – Saint Augustine

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”  St. Mother Teresa

“The point is to move from “Why?” to “How?” The real question isn’t “Why is this happening to me?” but “How should I live through these things?” How am I called to face this situation? What call to growth is being made to me through this? That question will always get an answer.” Fr. Jacques Philippe

“You can’t go to heaven hating somebody, forgive now. Be compassionate now. Be grateful now. Love Jesus & Mary now. Accept God’s will now. – Mother Angelica

“We are called to plant the seeds of trees, under whose shade we will never sit.” — St. Anthony of Padua