Thought of the day…

Obedience

Let us never forget — Obedience is the noblest and most beautiful of virtues. It is the daughter of humility — the nurse of Charity — the companion of justice — the guide of all religious virtues — the mother of concord and kindness — a safe and calm harbor, a perpetual and delicate bouquet [...]
Holy Patron, thee saluting!

O Glorious Saint Joseph, through the love thou bearest for Jesus Christ and for the glory of His Name, hear our prayers and obtain our requests. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist us!
A rich life

For a richer self and for a richer life . . . . PARTICIPATE INITIATE DO SOMETHING YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE — DAILY Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Prayer connections

Prayer becomes mechanical and hollow without connection to the rest of our lives.  We are so preoccupied with schedules, plans, anxieties, ad infinitum . . . Waiting to pray at the end of the day or the weekend or tomorrow or when not so tired — these are dangerous pitfalls.  PRAYER is part of our [...]
Obedience

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
Before it is too late …

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 [...]
A merry-go-round

We, on a merry-go-round, feel that we are doing something, getting somewhere, because we are moving in a dizzy whirl of activity.  Yes, activity is important, but as the result of reflection in prayer. The understanding and wisdom that grows out of reflection and prayer overflows into action. Prayer that does not produce virtuous action [...]
Pray as you can

“Pray as you can, and not as you can’t,” is a sound maxim.  Neither exalted feelings nor long hours spent on our knees are necessary for a genuine life of prayer.  What we do need is the full integration of prayer into our life, into the rhythm of work and of recreation so that we [...]
Presence of God

Try this. Bring God into all of your activities, not just at Grace Before Meals and participation in the Liturgy. I have often thought there should be a Grace before all actions in a Christian’s life. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
Life is changing

Life is changing at a frightening rate — but there is something stationary about persons.  For this reason our times could be a moment of Grace, because they are a challenge and an opportunity to live as mature persons and not to be shifting about according to the prevailing winds of the moment.  Act from [...]
This Year

Make your year “of God,” so that it will last.  Work with courage and patience and co-responsibility. Don’t soil the work of the Holy Spirit. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
A thought . . .

We never know how tall we are ’til we are called to rise And then if we are true to plan Our statures touch the skies. The heroism we recite Would be a daily thing Did not ourselves the Cubits warp For fear to be a King.