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, […]
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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
Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Fear not, little flock . . . As the lights of earth are put out one by one in the midnight of death, the countenance of heaven makes plainer revelations. “On Death” Frederick William Faber
America the Beautiful O beautiful, for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life. America, America, may God thy gold refine ‘Til all success be nobleness, And every gain divine.
Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love! Veni, Sancte Spiritus!
Anxiety can never get a real grip on one who believes and has faith strongly rooted in Christ. One who believes is flooded with the words — “Trust Me. Fear not little flock, you are in my hands, (whether you like it or not) . . . why, the very hairs of your head have […]
Seek Thou the white bird of truth, Bronzed peacocks are false pride. What if the way be lonely and the rabble chide? Heed not ignorance or things, For if you can clutch one feather of its tiny wings, Then cling to it, for you have much which others have not.
Come, O Divine Spirit! Fill my heart with Thy heavenly fruits — Thy charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, faith, mildness and temperance — that I may never weary in the service of God, but by continued faithful submission to Thy inspiration may merit to be united eternally with Thee in the love of the […]