Be calm in your spirit And always confide completely in Our Lord. Rely on the Divine Spirit and conform to the Divine will in everything — in joy, in success and in adversity. Don’t worry about tomorrow. Mother Patricia O’Connor Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
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There are some who not doubt would die for the faith but who are not prepared to live for it, establishing a good spirit in their relationship with others. It is the inner spirit of a person that people respond to, not the surface appearance. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend & Guide
Happiness in our lives begins at the moment we overcome ourselves and for mercy’s sake pardon those who have wronged us. We are not happy because we are unforgiving , and we are unforgiving because we feel superior to others. “Mercy is the fruit of the highest degree of love” — because love creates equals […]
The struggle goes on — between nature and grace we experience the fatigue that comes from rowing with the oars of virtue, and know the unexpected joy of the wind that brings us the gifts of the Spirit. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend & Guide
The railroad sign is a good meditation: Stop – Look – Listen To pray very simply means to stop, look, and listen. Simplify your life. turn away from what distracts your existence. Get rid of the trivial, the unnecessary, the untrue. Stop – Look – Listen Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, Guide
Worry about the past makes it impossible to do God’s Will in the present. In His Will all perfection as well as all peace consists. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, Guide
Christ sacrificed the honor and good name that were His due and instead chose to suffer endless humiliations, slights, misunderstandings, rebuffs. His relatives did not approve and believe in Him. His townsmen tried to throw Him over a cliff. His neighbors cried, “He has a devil.” They called Him a glutton and wine-bibber. His disciples […]
For Christ, His public life meant complete sacrifice of Leisure, family, home Privacy, Joys Well-being Comforts Our Savior was always at the disposal of all who sought Him. No ‘office hours’ in His work! Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, Guide
Come, O blessed Spirit of Piety! Possess my heart. Enkindle therein such a love for God, that I may find satisfaction only in His service, and for His sake lovingly submit to all legitimate authority. Amen.
Are we prepared to adore the loving Will of God in place of our own false idols?