“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” G.K. Chesterton
Gratitude
Respecting others
Good Samaritan
“I ought to seek the company of those Sisters who according to nature please me least. I ought to fulfill in their regard the office of the Good Samaritan. A word, a kindly smile, will often suffice to gladden a wounded and sorrowful heart.” St. Therese of Lisieux
Working together as a team
Giving thanks to God
“In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.” – St. Teresa of Avila
Praying together
Words of wisdom
Be courteous to all but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. George Washington
Vow of obedience
St. John Paul II
“We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.” – St. Teresa of Avila
His mother, only brother and father died before he was 21, he lost several friends during WWII and worked in a rock mine, studying clandestinely for the priesthood, he faced down communism as a Bishop and Pope, suffered cancer and parkinson’s, and this list could go on and on…and yes, he loved Christ with an intense and real passion!
