The main requisite for spiritual life is a profound equilibrium of life. The prayer of the apostle is primarily Presence of God. Without this one cannot speak of a spiritual life. This type prayer should permeate one’s whole life. Above all, remember that contemplation and the action of the apostle is a gift of God, […]
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Faithfulness is a growth process and perseverance is its end product. Perseverance is safeguarded by the day-to-day effort to be faithful to one’s love, to walk uprightly in the Lord and hold fast . . . . . . . . . there is no other way. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and […]
Life is changing at a frightening rate — but there is something stationary about persons. For this reason our times could be a moment of Grace, because they are a challenge and an opportunity to live as mature persons and not to be shifting about according to the prevailing winds of the moment. Act from […]
Make your year “of God,” so that it will last. Work with courage and patience and co-responsibility. Don’t soil the work of the Holy Spirit. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
CHERISH the year given to us by God to do His Will. Don’t soil the work of the Holy Spirit in your own soul nor in the soul of others. If your plan for the year is of men, it will be overthrown; but if it is of God, it will last. Mother Patricia O’Connor, […]
We never know how tall we are ’til we are called to rise And then if we are true to plan Our statures touch the skies. The heroism we recite Would be a daily thing Did not ourselves the Cubits warp For fear to be a King.
Without the Holy Spirit, there can be no true change in our lives. Pray for discernment of Spirit daily — to the Holy Spirit. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
The present tendency to imitate the secular in every way should be ended. Obedience should be seen not as dehumanizing but as humanly essential. St. Paul’s figure of the body can be aptly transposed for this purpose. If every part of the body goes its own way, there would be no body. Mother Patricia O’Connor, […]
As consecrated women, it is the sharing and giving of self that is most important in our growth in holiness. God called us for ourselves — not our talents, or looks, etc. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
Do not worry about tomorrow. We do not have the blueprints of our future lives … only God has these. Trust Him. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide