Most Important…
The most important thing in the life of every man and every woman is not that they should never fall along the way. The important thing is always to get back up, not to stay on the ground licking your wounds.
–Pope Francis (1936-
We have to be…
In this world, we have the task to be the lips of Christ, the heart of Christ, the prayer of Christ, because we have the Spirit of Christ.
–Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926–2007)
The power of obedience…
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Let your words…
Let your words be few when in the midst of many.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Motivated by the love of Christ…
In everything we do God considers our disposition rather than our actions. And so, whether we retire mentally to God in earnest contemplation and remain at rest or whether we are intent on being of service to those around us with good works and worthy undertakings, let our object be that we are motivated only by love of Christ.
–Saint Lawrence Justinian (1381-1456)
Do God’s will…
Our obligation is to do God’s will, and not our own. We must remember this if the prayer that our Lord commanded us to say daily is to have any meaning on our lips. How unreasonable it is to pray that God’s will be done, and then not promptly obey it when he calls us from this world! Instead we struggle and resist like self-willed slaves and are brought into the Lord’s presence with sorrow and lamentation, not freely consenting to our departure, but constrained by necessity. And yet we expect to be rewarded with heavenly honors by him to whom we come against our will! Why then do we pray for the kingdom of heaven to come if this earthly bondage pleases us? What is the point of praying so often for its early arrival if we would rather serve the devil here than reign with Christ.
–Saint Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200-258)
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