What part does prayer play in your daily program? Is it something to be said, a kind of job-to-be-got-through — an activity fitted into a neat slot among other forms of BUSYNESS? Subconsciously, or otherwise, we have convinced ourselves that there is not space for contemplation in our lives. We seem to emphasize “doing” and […]
Category Archives: Thought For The Day
In the measure in which man — in his gift — has handed himself to God, man shares through God’s acceptance in His holiness and goodness. What a tremendous thought for us poor creatures! Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Faithfulness is a growth process and perseverance is its end product. Perseverance is safeguarded by the day-to-day effort to be faithful to one’s love, to walk uprightly in the Lord, and to hold fast. There is no other way. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Poverty should be emphasized not in the materialistic sense, but the interior poverty of Christ. This consists in humility, or better explained, in the realization of one’s true place before God. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Obedience gives direction to a life which could otherwise ramble on to its end. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Renewal in our day means adaptation to the demands of the circumstances in which one lives — rendering self capable of confronting the difficulties in the surroundings in which one is placed. This calls for maturity and balance and will lead to new strength — not to weakness. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend […]
The one great object of prayer is to unite us to God. The first condition of prayer, to be fruitful, is to be completely sincere. This is not easy for so many because they go ever so carefully. Prayer means being open with God. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Before it is too late for ourselves and for our sad, sad world, let us learn once and for all what love truly is. Let it grow in our minds and in our hearts. Love is strong. It will make us strong. And, truly, this is the only strength which will save us, with the […]
Let every day be a day of gratitude, and don’t hesitate to express it. Life has no meaning without love. In finding love we find ourselves. In loving others, we fulfill ourselves. In forgetting self we become truly free. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
What a precious thing life is! What a great destiny is offered us! Our difficulty in realizing it stems in great part from the mad pace we go in this our age. Few of us do any real reflecting, real thinking, real praying. The Presentation of Christ in the Temple reminds us that without vision […]