Inspirational thoughts

“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” William Shakespeare

“Courage is being scared to death…and saddling up anyway.” John Wayne

“A person’s a person, no matter how matter small.” Dr. Seuss

“Repent and believe in the Gospel”. This invitation, which we find at the beginning of Jesus’ preaching, introduces us into the Lenten season, a time to be dedicated in a special way to conversion and renewal, to prayer, to fasting and to works of charity. In recalling the experience of the chosen people, we too set out as it were to retrace the journey that Israel made across the desert to the Promised Land. We too will reach our goal; after these weeks of penance, we will experience the joy of Easter. Our eyes, purified by prayer and penance, will be able to behold with greater clarity the face of the living God, to whom man makes his own pilgrimage on the paths of earthly life.” St. John Paul II

“Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.” C.S. Lewis

“Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.” St. Isidore of Seville

“But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.” George Eliot, Middlemarch

“To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.”

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” Winston Churchill

“Today is your day! Our mountain is waiting, So…get on your way.” Dr. Seuss