Try not to worry…
Try not to worry. Everything in life has its ups and downs, yet above everything else, we must live a life of faith, seeing all things as coming from the hand of God and for our own good.
–Blessed Luisitia Josefa (1866-1937)
Never murmur…
Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.
–Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
Accept afflictions with patience…
Accept afflictions with patience. Silently endure cold and heat, wind and rain, fatigue and all the other discomforts that God may deign to send you.
–Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)
Leave it to God…
God is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night looks back and you see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it to Him – really rest – and start the next day as a new life.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Accept joy or suffering…
I accept joy or suffering, praise or humiliation with the same disposition. I remember that one and the other are passing. What does it matter to me what people say about me: I have long ago given up everything that concerns my person.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
Believe in truth…
You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
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