Ask yourself, “Before I die . . . How shall I live? If I have not shared, I have not lived, for to share is to live forever. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, Guide
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Peace must be in each heart. This is God’s Will. Listen to God and be humble in doing His Holy Will. You will never have to be concerned, all will shine through you for His glory and your holiness. Adveniat Regnum Tuum — Thy Kingdom Come! Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, Guide
We will be real and convincing to the world only to the extent that we seek to know God intimately. Only time spent in obedient offerings of our daily lives to Christ in the Eucharist will enable us to “put on the mind of Christ” and be fit instruments in His Hands for the peace […]
Five religious communities of women serving in the Diocese of Youngstown were invited to the Hamilton Forum meeting for October at St. Michael’s Church in Canton on Thursday, October 11. Representatives from each Community told those gathered about the history of each religious family and of their involvement within the diocese. The Poor Clares of […]
Be a realist! How can one think of “going out” to the Ministry of the world without the self-denial nor the self-discipline to go out after Christ in the members of one’s own family? Don’t be deluded! Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, Guide
In these days of opinions, pray God for an increase in Faith — Practical love, and the Wisdom and Prudence to speak only after prayerful discipline. For each time I speak, I influence. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, Guide
Practice the practical discipline afforded by the life you are leading today – here – now. Follow Christ in a hidden way if this is what He has given you now. And as surely as you are a Christian, God does not have to be signaled by any of us when He wants a ministry […]
Only to watch in the working, Lest I should miss His smile, Striving to still earth’s voices, Watching for Him all the while. Only to look to Him ever, Only to rest at His feet, All that He sayeth, to do it, Then shall my life be complete.
Only to take what He gives me, Meek as a little child; Questioning nought of the reason, Joyful or reconciled. Only to take what He gives me, Patiently — gladly — today; With never a though of tomorrow, Leaning on Him all the way. To be continued
Only to rest where He puts me, Only to do His Will; Only to be what He made me, Though I be nothing still. Never to look beyond me, Out of my little sphere, If I could fill another, God would not keep me here. To be continued.