We should ever be grateful for and love the vocation to which God has called us. This applies to every vocation because, after all, what a privilege it is to serve God, even in the least capacity!
–Blessed Solanus Casey (1870-1957)
What I did try to do was to thwart my self-will, which always seemed determined to get its own way; to repress the rejoinder which sometimes came to my lips; to do little acts of kindness without attaching any importance to them.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Believe me, the writing of pious books, the composing of the sublimest poetry; all that does not equal the smallest act of self-denial.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Human weakness cannot upset the plans of divine omnipotence. A divine master-builder can work even with falling stones.
–Michael Von Faulhaber (1869-1952)
We have such a law: If you forgive, it means that God has forgiven you; but if you do not forgive your brother, it means that your sin remains with you.
–Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
Just as all the water drains out of a bucket with even the tiniest hole, all the joy of life drains from our soul when we hate even one person.
–Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
