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Waiting — that cold, dry period of life when nothing seems to be enough and something else beckons within us — is the grace that Advent comes to bring. It stands before us, within us, pointing to the star for which the wise ones from the East are only icons of ourselves.We all want something more. Advent asks the question, what is it for which you are spending your life? What is the star you are following now? And where is that star in its present radiance in your life leading you? Is it a place that is really comprehensive enough to equal the breadth of the human soul?
–Joan Chittester (1936-
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One of the things we absolutely owe our Lord is never to be afraid.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
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Real faith causes every impossibility to disappear. It makes a nonsense of those words, anxiety, danger and fear. It makes us walk through life with calm peace and deep joy, like a child holding its mother’s hand.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
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Let us have this faith which banishes all fear. We have besides us, facing us, in us, our Jesus, our God who loves us infinitely, is all-powerful, knows what is best for us, tells us to seek the kingdom and that the rest will be given to us.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
Jerome (c. 340-420), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Discipleship, Jerome (c. 340-420), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
