Forgiveness is the strongest bond of friendship, and he whom God has pardoned most is most closely united with Him. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
Category Archives: Thought For The Day
“Master, where do You live?” “Come and see,” He answers, and bids us look into ourselves, into our own souls. There He has chosen His lodging — there amid ambitions, unholy desires — there in the heart of our warped nature, He dwells in us. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
Pray for the grace of grateful recognition. This is different from the feelings of contrition that we sometimes try to wring from a withered heart. A truly contrite heart is a heart crushed, not by remorse, but by Love; and it is precisely because a contrite heart is moved by love that it can change […]
Our journey on this earth is an apprenticeship of life, and the time of exile is the school. A change of heart begins in the recognition that we have been wanting in love toward God and toward our neighbors. Reconciliation is not a question simply of admitting one’s infidelities to Grace; it is a question […]
Forgiveness is the self-giving that reaches out beyond all barriers and limitations. The possibility of changing one’s ways is always before us, and it is always possible to reconcile differences. This is the mediation of LOVE to which we are all called. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
We only know how much a person loves us when we have experienced his or her forgiveness. We express the best of our love when we forgive. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
The simple life is always within our reach; we each have our journey of spiritual growth. There are no easy answers, no cowardice on the way. Learning daily is hard and growth is hard, but we can think with integrity (no self-pity) we know the difference – we must accept the consequences of our actions […]
And the Word was made Flesh, And dwelt among us. 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.
We must decide one and for all to return to the Cross of Christ and endeavor to keep the Cross in view in our daily encounters with others. It was at the foot of the Cross that Mary became our Mother. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Sacramentalize your days and your works: Bring God into all aspects of your daily contacts. Share Christ with one another (at home) first and then with others. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide