Every day decrease and increase…
Every day, decrease your self-centeredness and increase your love of your neighbor. Every day, lessen your reliance on yourself and increase your trust in God.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002)
Prayer is the foundation…
As a light bulb brightens when connected to a generator, so are you when you are joined in communication with God in prayer. Prayer is the foundation of the spiritual life.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002
Each day holds a surprise…
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy. It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.
–Henri Nouwen (1932-1996)
Our own choices…
God writes the story of our lives with the pen strokes of our own free choices.
–Peter Kreeft (1937-
Ever conscious of God…
Oh, how happy is this soul that is ever conscious of God resting and reposing within its breast!
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
The soul’s center is God…
The soul’s center is God. When it has reached God with all the
capacity of its being and the strength of its operation and
inclination, it will have attained to its final and deepest center in God; it will know, love and enjoy God with all its might.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
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