Family life is…
The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand, and the most precious that he possess, even if he does not realize it, is family life.
— Blessed Adolph Kolping (1813-1865)
Our goal is God…
Our goal is God, the source of all good. As we say in our prayer, we are to place our trust in God and in no one else. In his kindness, our Lord wished to strengthen your faith, for without it, as the evangelist points out, Christ could not have performed many of his miracles. He also wished to listen to your prayer, and so he ordained that you experience poverty, distress, abandonment, weariness and scorn.
— Saint Jerome Emiliana (1481-1537)
A serene faith…
The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever. Since it is by giving alms that everything is pure for you, you will also receive that blessing which is promised next by the Lord: the Godhead that no man has been able to see. In the inexpressible joy of this eternal vision, human nature will possess what eye has not seen or ear heard, what man’s heart has never conceived.
— Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
Gratitude is…
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
— GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
Hear Mass daily…
Hear Mass daily; it will prosper the whole day. All your duties will be performed the better for it, and your soul will be stronger to bear its daily cross. The Mass is the most holy act of religion; you can do nothing that can give greater glory to God or be more profitable for your soul than to hear Mass both frequently and devoutly. It is the favorite devotion of the saints.
— Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
— Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
Afflictions, troubles, and difficulties…
And so it is with the soul; unless it is first snowed on by afflictions, troubles and difficulties, it will not flower, it will not fruit; but by enduring, it bears fruit and partakes in a blessing from God.
— Saint Theodore the Studite (c. 759-826)
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