O how happy and blessed are those who love the Lord and do as the Lord himself said in the gospel: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul, and your neighbor as yourself. Therefore, let us love God and adore him with pure heart and mind. This […]
Category Archives: Thought For The Day
“Sadness is a breath of hell; Joy is the echo of God’s life in us.” Dom Columba Marmion
Prayer to our Guardian Angel O my good angel, whom God by His divine mercy has appointed to be my guardian, enlighten and protect me, direct and govern me this day. Amen. Pray for us, O holy angels of God!
“The loveliest Masterpiece of the Heart of God is the heart of a Mother.” Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
We cannot always understand God’s ways, but we can always trust Him.
God’s plan is perfect because it is divine; but if I am to be included in it, I must give my cooperation. I have to use the seven-fold gifts of the Holy Spirit. The work of my sanctification will not be continued without my cooperation. “Grieve not the Holy Spirit.” Spoil not His plan.
Really, it isn’t the reward that matters or the recognition we may harvest. It is our depth of commitment, our quality of service. The product of our devotion — these are the things that count in life. When you give purely, the honor comes in the giving, and this is honor enough! Mother Patricia O’Connor, […]
Come, Holy Spirit — Straighten our crookedness, Fill our emptiness, Dull the edge of our pride, Sharpen the edge of our humility, Light the fires of our love, Quench the flames of our lust. Let us see ourselves as You see us, that we may see You as You have promised and be fortunate according […]
Come, Holy Spirit — Replace the coldness within us with a loving warmth. Replace the night within us with Thy day, Replace the winter within us with Thy spring.
Come, Holy Spirit — Replace the fear within us with a strong faith. Replace the bitterness within us with the sweetness of grace. Replace the darkness within us with a gentle light.