Inspirational thoughts

“Raise your son to be a gentleman; teach your daughter to accept nothing less.”

“Peace begins with a smile…” St. Mother Teresa

“We have only to believe. And the more threatening and irreducible reality appears, the more firmly and desperately we must believe. Then, little by little, we shall see the universal horror unbend, and then smile upon us, and then take us in its more than human arms.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.” St. Vincent de Paul

“The many troubles in your household will tend to your edification, if you strive to bear them all in gentleness, patience, and kindness. Keep this ever before you, and remember constantly that God’s loving eyes are upon you amid all these little worries and vexations, watching whether you take them as He would desire. Offer up all such occasions to Him, and if sometimes you are put out, and give way to impatience, do not be discouraged, but make haste to regain your lost composure.” St. Francis de Sales

“Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.” Helen Keller

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.” Thomas Merton

“Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.” Will Rogers

“Dogma is the guardian of mystery. The doctrines are spiritually significant in ways that we cannot fathom.” – Flannery O’Connor
Although our Faith is reasonable, it is not rational.  Reason can lead us to the door of the mystery but cannot fully explain the mysteries of our Faith…

“If you know who you are, you can go anywhere.” Flannery O’Connor