Prayer that does not produce virtuous action is an illusion. We can all help to renew all things in Christ, to bring peace upon the earth, through a life of charity, through a life of prayer. We can begin to reverence the individuality in others, to see the good that is there, to be considerate […]
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Beware! The spirit of the world can pit your road to holiness. This spirit can put “pot holes” in the road which was meant to run straight to God. Be concerned with people, not things, and know that from every eye a tear must fall. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
Faith is the basic ingredient of the consecrated life. It is not an escalator which brings us to the top of the mountain. It is more like a ‘staff” to lean upon. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
I pray that we may never be so blind That our small world is all the world we see, Or so supremely satisfied that what we are Is all we feel we ever want to be. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
Over and over I must tell myself that any split between my formal time for prayer and my daily service of God is a big mistake. Are my daily activities to be considered some second-rate kind of service of God? Of course not. When Mary was doing her household duties during her Advent, was she […]
A Reminder There is a life before this one and a life to follow. Every person is a spiritual being having a human experience. The point of our brief time on earth is to come to grips with what is eternal inside us — the part we’ll take with us when we leave the rest […]
The cynic believes that gratitude is merely a secret hope for greater favors! If we are nice to people, they will be nice to us. But real gratitude has nothing to do with playing up to people. It has everything to do with loving God and loving our neighbor — a spontaneous gesture of […]
Prayer to Christ, the Universal King O Christ Jesus! I acknowledge You King of the Universe. All that has been created has been made for You. Exercise upon me all Your rights. I renew my baptismal promises renouncing Satan and all his works and pomps. I promise to live a good Catholic life and to […]
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. God bless our Veterans!
Come, O Spirit of Understanding! Enlighten our minds, that we may know and believe all the mysteries of salvation; and may merit at last to see the eternal light in Thy Light, and in the light of glory to have a clear vision of Thee and the Father and the Son. Amen.