The Lord has called us from different nations, but we must be united with one heart and one soul. In the divine Heart of Jesus we will always meet one another, and there we seek our strength to face the difficulties of life. May we be strengthened to practice the beautiful virtues of charity, humility, and patience. Then our religious life will be the antechamber to Heaven.
–Saint Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad (1870-1957)
We must nourish a great love for God and our neighbors; a strong love, an ardent love, a love that burns away imperfections, a love that gently bears an act of impatience, or a bitter word, a love that lets an inadvertence or act of neglect pass without comment, a love that lends itself readily to an act of charity.
–Saint Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad (1870-1957)
For me the way of the Cross has been the most beautiful of all because on this path I have met and known my Lord and Savior.
–Saint Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad (1870-1957)
God condescends to use our powers if we don’t spoil His plans by ours.
–Blessed Solanus Casey (1870-1957)
[M]ay you continue to be well and happy–the way God wants you to be. Joys and sufferings constantly follow one after another in this life and each must be accepted by us in whatever manner God sends them.
–Blessed Luisitia Josefa (1866-1937)
