Would that you might pray also…
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
–Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Prayer is a conversation…
Prayer is… a conversation with God. Though whispering, consequently, and not opening the lips, we speak in silence, yet we cry inwardly. For God hears continually the whole inward conversation.
–Saint Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-215)
Compassion is…
Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
–Karen Armstrong (1944-
Compassion is aptly summed up…
Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else. Compassion can be defined, therefore, as an attitude of principled, consistent altruism.
–Karen Armstrong (1944-
Invoke the Blessed Virgin…
If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Mary models faith…
Mary at her Annunciation models faith for us. She shows us that faith is more than assent, but is also trust, commitment, obedience, and submission. Mary trusted in God’s promises, was obedient to God’s word of invitation in her life, surrendered to the mystery before her, and committed herself to be part of God’s plan of salvation in Jesus.
–Gerald M. Fagin (1938-2012)
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