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
Category Archives: Thought For The Day
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?
Let us realize that HEAVEN, CALVARY, and the TABERNACLE have but one language — God is love . . . . CARITAS! Pray to love more! Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S.
Teach me, My God, to follow Your calm and balanced wisdom; make me adaptable to this life which You have fashioned for me, and drive from my soul those pretentions which I call brave and noble, but which are only childish dreams. My virtue is not in the clouds, my duties are not among the […]
We are pilgrims of sanctity, traveling the royal road of Calvary — always on the march, weary at times, but never discouraged. Our journey through life is but a succession of stages. We pause, take inventory, ask ourselves “Where am I going” then, we are on the way again. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, […]
Christ looks to our present dispositions toward receiving the inspirations of grace, not to our past. Quo Vadis? Where are you going? Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S.