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, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
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Pray to God that our enemies may become our friends. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
It has been well said that silence is the atmosphere of the highest peaks of the spirit. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
“The Christian makes his way to eternity from Communion to Communion. At each stage of the journey, Christ is waiting for him in order that he may renew his strength and take heart again.” —Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Life becomes more complex, but with grace and our cooperation with grace, we can meet the challenges and deal with the conflicts and find true simplicity that lies on the other side of complexity. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
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 […]
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 […]