If you knew…
If you knew that you are not Here, then you would be There.
–Gabrilela Papayannis (1897-1992)
Our labor here is brief…
Our labor here is but brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let the false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.
–Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
Anxieties and troubles…
Don’t be discouraged by anxieties and troubles. Life is full of them.
–Saint John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719)
Perseverance is a great grace…
You think it very hard to lead a life of such restraint unless you keep your eye of faith always open. Perseverance is a great grace. To go on gaining and advancing every day, we must be resolute, and bear and suffer as our blessed forerunners did. Which of them gained heaven without a struggle?
— Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)
Worship God, not yourself…
If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because you will be imperfect and unhappy.
–Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Our chalice empty…
Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty – for the past must only be reflected in its polish, its shape, its capacity.
–Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961)
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