Reverence for the Lord’s Passion…
True reverence for the Lord’s passion means fixing the eyes of our heart on Jesus crucified and recognizing in him our own humanity.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
By Christ’s passion…
By Christ’s Passion our weakness was cured. By His Resurrection death was conquered. Still we have to be sorrowful for the world, as well as joyful in the Lord, sorrowful in penance, joyful in gratitude.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)
Ask the Lord to give you…
Come to the Lord, ask Him not to deliver you from this situation but ask Him for strength to bear this thing. Ask Him to give you a deep and strong love for Him. Ask Him to give you everything that would please Him. Ask Him to give you what He will and to do with you what He wishes as long as He pleases.
–Frank Laubach (1884-1970)
Pray for conversion…
Let us pray for one another’s conversion.
–Blessed Solanus Casey (1870-1957)
Do not pray…
Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks.
— Blessed Solanus Casey (1870-1957)
Love creates and envy destroys…
Love rejoices in good wherever it finds it; envy is pained by good, and the sight of the happiness of others hurts the eyes and the heart of the envious man. Love wishes to give; envy would rather receive. Love creates; envy destroys. Love builds up; envy pulls down. Love helps those in need, comforts the afflicted, and strives to turn all that is evil into good; envy would turn the little happiness to be found in this world into evil, sorrow, and pain.
–Lawrence Lovasik (1913-1986)
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