We only know how much a person loves us when we have experienced his/her forgiveness. We express the best of our love when we forgive. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
Author Archives: SistersCDS
To reveal Christ, the Christian must CONTACT HIM. We are intimately linked with the death and resurrection of Christ. We need one another to support us when we are overwhelmed by fatigue and submerged by discouragement. We need one another to point out our mistakes, to encourage us to try again, to praise our efforts, […]
We must see beyond appearances. Let us not live in dreams; let us not fall back on alibis; do not wait for tomorrow or the next day to make our lives worthwhile. NOW is the time! Let us ask Him into our lives … let Him put everything in its proper place and keep the […]
God touches us in many ways. The hand is the same even if the glove changes. We always want a velvet glove, being human. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
Dear Lord, They say this is the day True lovers send a token . . . A word, a line, a Valentine To prove their love unbroken. But often on a day like this I wonder if You ever guess How very much the thought of You Brings me such happiness. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. […]
O Mary, conceived without sin, Pray for us who have recourse to thee. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Instead of being discouraged by my past disloyalties to Him, let me be thoroughly ashamed of them, which is a much better thing. Let me repeat to myself those words of Psalm 25: “Remember that Your compassion, O Lord, and Your kindness are from of old. The sins of my youth and my frailties remember […]
My past infidelities must not discourage me, for I must always remember and impress upon my mind as a first principle that discouragement never comes from Christ, our Lord. Rather, these past failures should underline my conviction that of myself I have not much to offer in the past or in the future. This recognition […]
Prayer to the Three Kings O almighty God! we raise our voices to Thee that Thou mayest hear and have pity on us. Thou canst assist us in a wonderful manner. God of sanctity, God of strength, immortal God, have pity on us. We implore Thee, through the merits of Jesus Christ, through the intercession […]
The most expensive indulgence — Hate. The cheapest stupidity and the easiest thing to do — find fault. The worst troublemaker — talking too much. The worst bankruptcy — the soul that has lost its enthusiasm.