God is our strength…
When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Nothing but our salvation…
The Divine nature knows no want. And wherefore then would He have us praise and glorify Him? It is that our love towards Him may be kindled more fervently within us. He desires nothing we can render; not our service, not our praise, nor anything else, nothing but our salvation; this is His object in everything He does.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Alert as you pray…
For if you spin out your words to any length you are often inattentive, and so give the devil freedom to approach and trip you up and divert your mind from what you are saying. But if you pray continuously and frequently, repeating your prayer at brief intervals, you can easily remain recollected and fully alert as you pray.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Practice charity, humility, and patience…
The Lord has called us from different nations, but we must be united with one heart and one soul. In the divine Heart of Jesus we will always meet one another, and there we seek our strength to face the difficulties of life. May we be strengthened to practice the beautiful virtues of charity, humility, and patience. Then our religious life will be the antechamber to Heaven.
–Saint Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad (1870-1957)
Love for God and neighbor…
We must nourish a great love for God and our neighbors; a strong love, an ardent love, a love that burns away imperfections, a love that gently bears an act of impatience, or a bitter word, a love that lets an inadvertence or act of neglect pass without comment, a love that lends itself readily to an act of charity.
–Saint Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad (1870-1957)
The Way of the Cross…
For me the way of the Cross has been the most beautiful of all because on this path I have met and known my Lord and Savior.
–Saint Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad (1870-1957)
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