Inspirational thoughts

“We must never undervalue any person.—The workman loves not to have his work despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is his work.” St. Francis de Sales

“Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and casually, without attaching any value to her own thoughts, yet giving great value to the thoughts of the one she was talking to.” Leo Tolstoy

“Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.” CS Lewis

“When you enter the world everyone rejoiced and you cried. Live your life so when you die, everyone cries and you rejoice.” Author unknown

“Prayer is, for me, an outburst from the heart; it is a simple glance darted upwards to Heaven; it is a cry of gratitude and of love in the midst of trial as in the midst of joy!” St. Therese of Lisieux

“How consoling it is to know that we have a spirit, who from the womb to the tomb, never leaves us even for an instant, not even when we dare to sin. And this heavenly spirit guides and protects us like a friend, a brother.” ~•~St. Padre Pio

Do you have your “spiritual caddy” close by on your daily rounds of life??

“Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases.” – St. Rosa de Lima

“Solitude sometimes is best society.” – Paradise Lost by John Milton

“If you put all the love of the mothers into one heart it still would not equal the love of the Heart of Mary for her children.” – Saint Louis de Montfort