Grit

“There always comes, I think, a sort of peak in suffering at which either you win over your pain or your pain wins over you, according as to whether you can, or cannot, call up that extra ounce of endurance that helps you to break through the circle of yourself and do the hitherto impossible.” – Elizabeth George
Sprinting to the finish line?
God’s providence

“Do not distrust the Providence of God. He who made your corn to grow will assuredly help to gather it in.” St. John Vianney
God’s providence
Frequent Confession

“Tell [all people], My daughter, that I am Love and Mercy itself. When a soul approaches Me with trust, I fill it with such an abundance of graces that it cannot contain them within itself, but radiates them to other souls (Diary, 1074)” St. Faustina
Frequent Confession
Silence

“How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.” St. John Vianney
God’s whisper
TKC! Please see this recent article featured in the Arlington Herald on my pilgrimage to Lebanon on St. Charbel’s trail: Link: https://catholicherald.com/article/local/trailblazing-local-catholics-hike-a-new-lebanese-pilgrimage-trail/
