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If you consider riches and their full enjoyment to be merely a short-lived illusory vanity, if you know that a virtuous life pleasing to God is better than riches, you will hold fast to this conviction and keep it in memory; then you will not sigh, complain or reproach anyone, but will thank God for everything, when you see that men worse than you are praised for eloquence or erudition and wealth. Insatiable desire of riches and pleasures, love of fame and vainglory, coupled with ignorance of truth, are the worst passions of the soul.
–Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)
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God’s dream for us is a passion within us that will allow for no substitute, and this dream is a restlessness that will only find rest in God.
–Gerald M. Fagin (1938-2012)
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True hope seeks the Kingdom of God alone and is convinced that everything earthly that is necessary for this transitory life will unfailingly be given. The heart cannot have peace until it acquires this hope. It gives peace to the heart and brings joy to it.
–Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
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Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it’s boundless grief and how precious is our soul.
–Saint Pio (1887-1968)
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Take time, slow down, be still, be awake to the Divine Mystery that looks so common and so ordinary yet is wondrously present.
–Edward Hays (1931-2016)
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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)
