Inspirational thoughts

“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

“Behold the Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify Its love … But what I feel most keenly is that it is hearts which are consecrated to Me, that treat Me thus. Therefore, I ask of you that the Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi be set apart for a special Feast to honor My Heart, by communicating on that day, and making reparation to It by a solemn act, in order to make amends for the indignities which It has received during the time It has been exposed on the altars. I promise you that My Heart shall expand Itself to shed in abundance the influence of Its Divine Love upon those who shall thus honor It, and cause It to be honored.”  Jesus to St. Mary Margaret Alacoque

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.” – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens