God is in all things and in all places. There is no place or thing in this world where God is not truly present. Just as where birds fly they always encounter the air, so also wherever we go or wherever we are, we find ourselves in God’s presence.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
God wishes our care to be a calm and peaceful one as we proceed faithfully along the road marked out for us. As for the rest, we should rest in God’s fatherly care, trying as far as is possible to keep our soul at peace, for the place of God is in peace and in the peaceful and restful heart. You know that when the lake is very calm – and when the winds do not agitate its waters – on a very serene night the sky with all its stars is so perfectly reflected in the water that looking down into its depths the beauty of the heavens is as clearly visible as if we were looking up on high. So when our soul is perfectly calm, unstirred and untroubled by the winds of superfluous cares, unevenness of spirit and inconstancy it is very capable of reflecting in itself the image of Our Lord.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.
–Blessed Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
–Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
We are at Jesus’ disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that’s all right, everything is all right. We must say, “I belong to you. You can do whatever you like.” And this…is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
