“ Alas, daughter, how few there are who truthfully love me, I would reveal to them my secrets. Do you know what it is to love Me truthfully ? It is to understand that everything that is to displeasing to me is a lie.”    St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    The Book of Her Life - chapter 40 : 1

 “I wish you a new heart and an entirely new love for Him who loves us unceasingly and as tenderly as if He were just beginning to love us: all the delights of God are ever new and full of sweetness because He never changes.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts.”   – Ezekiel 36:26

 Let us run to Mary and as her little children cast ourselves into her arms with perfect confidence    – St. Francis de Sales

 "Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude." St. John Chrysostom (347-407)

 "What happiness do we not feel in the Presence of God, when we are alone at His feet before the Sacred Tabernacle!....Redouble your fervour; you are alone to adore your God; His eyes rest on you alone" - St John Vianney.

On a certain occasion, the Lord said to me, "I am more deeply wounded by the small imperfections of chosen souls than by the sins of those living in the world". It made me very sad that chosen souls make Jesus suffer, and Jesus told me, "These little imperfections are not all. I will reveal to you a secret of My Heart: what I suffer from chosen souls. Ingratitude in return for so many graces is My Heart's constant food, on the part of a chosen soul. Their love is lukewarm, and My Heart cannot bear it; these souls force Me to reject them. Others distrust My goodness and have no desire to experience that sweet intimacy in their own hearts, but go in search of Me, off in the distance, and do not find Me. This distrust of My goodness hurts Me very much. If My death has not convinced you of My love, what will? Often a soul wounds Me mortally, and then no one can comfort Me. They use My graces to offend Me. There are souls who despise My graces as well as all the proofs of My love. They do not wish to hear My call, but proceed into the abyss of hell. The loss of these souls plunges Me into deadly sorrow. God though I am, I cannot help such a soul because it scorns Me; having a free will, it can spurn Me or love Me. You, who are the dispenser of My mercy, tell all the world about My goodness, and thus you will comfort My Heart".  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 580)

 “O Lord, keep us in thy way, direct us in thy paths, recall our wanderings, make us to hear thy voice with gladness and to rejoice in thy salvation.”   – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

“ It is a great grace to be able to serve this good God when youth renders one susceptible to everything. Oh how this offering, by which one offers the first fruits of the tree, is appreciated. And what can restrain you from making a total offering of your entire self to the good God, by deciding, once and for all, to give the world, the devil and the flesh a kick, as our god-parents did for us in a determined manner when they held us at Baptism? Perhaps the Lord does not deserve this further sacrifice from you?”    St. Pio of Pietrelcina ( Letters III, p.422 )

 “There is a law that is not in nature, at least not in raw nature, namely, we who are strong should bear the infirmities of the weak and not please ourselves.  It is here that Christianity makes it most unique and distinctive pronouncement, and gives the supreme example of Divinity dying for the weakness and sinfulness of humanity.  The Christian law is not the survival of the fittest but the survival of the unfit.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Guide to Contentment)

“Things have to be done gradually. Grace has its small beginnings and its progress.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

 "Let the whole of mankind tremble, the whole world shake and the heavens exult when Christ, the Son of the living God, is on the altar in the hands of a priest."   - Saint Francis of Assisi

 “No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” - St. Ambrose

 If I want my interior city to have some similarity and likeness to that “of the King of eternal ages” and to receive this great illumination from God, I must extinguish every other light and, as in the holy city, the Lamb must be “its only light.”   St Elizabeth of the Trinity   - Last Retreat, Fifth Day

 Nor does God ever fail anyone who serves Him.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 35 : 2

“ In family life have strong convictions, smile in the face of self-denial and in the constant sacrifice of your whole self.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

 "Call upon My mercy on behalf of sinners; I desire their salvation. When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart and with faith on behalf of some sinner, I will give him the grace of conversion. This is the prayer:   O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 186.)

 “All of you who have lain crucified on beds of pain, remember that an hour will come when you will be taken down from your cross, and the Savior shall look upon your hands and feet and sides and find there the imprint of His wounds, which will be your passport to Eternal Joy.”    Archbishop Fulton SheenE

 "Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!"   - St. Josemaría Escrivá

 "It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction" St. Edmund the Martyr (841. - 869.)

 "What does Jesus Christ represent, dear brethren, when He is carried around the church in the procession?  He is like a good and gracious king in the midst of His subjects, a kind father surrounded by His children, and a good shepherd gathering His sheep."      St. John Vianney

 Jesus Christ is all my riches; he alone is sufficient for me.    – St. Louis of Toulouse

 "Remove from me, O my God, everything that leads me away from You; give me everything that will bring me nearer to You. Enrapture me, so that I will live wholly and always for You”    St. Nicholas of Flue

 "Whosoever shall die wearing my Scapular shall not suffer the flames of Hell."   - Our Lady of Mount Carmel

 It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves, nor should the soul that falls at every step into mortal sin be at rest or content. But for the love of God we should avoid the occasions.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    The Book of Her Life - chapter 302: 7

 "When, on one occasion, instead of interior prayer, I took up a book of spiritual reading, I heard these words spoken distinctly and forcefully within my soul, You will prepare the world for My final coming. These words moved me deeply, and although I pretended not to hear them, I understood them very well and had no doubt about them. Once, being tired out from this battle of love with God, and making constant excuses on the grounds that I was unable to carry out this task, I wanted to leave the chapel, but some force held me back and I found myself powerless. Then I heard these words, You intend to leave the chapel, but you shall not get away from Me, for I am everywhere. You cannot do anything of yourself, but with Me you can do all things"   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 429).

 “ Place all your worries in God alone, because He has the greatest care of you, and those three angelic children with whom He has blessed you. By their conduct, these children will be a comfort and consolation to you during your lifetime. Take care, not so much of their scientific as of their moral education. And you should take this very seriously, and guard it as the pupil of your eye. As you educate their minds with good studies, assure the education of their hearts, along with that of our holy religion; one without the other causes a mortal wound to the human heart.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

 “Have you ever thought of how wonderfully you have been made; that there is in you something which can be seen and touched, namely your body whose nature is flesh, but there is also something invisible about you, namely your mind and soul with its thoughts, its loves and its desires.  Your soul is, in a sense, incarnate in a body, that is, your soul animates and unifies your body.  Now consider the Person of Our Divine Lord.  He is the true incarnation, not of a soul in a body, but of God in the form of man.  There is something visible about Him, namely, His perfect human nature, but there is also something invisible about Him, and that is His Divinity.  Just as your body and your soul combine to make one person, so in an infinitely more perfect way, His human nature and His Divine Nature make but one person, the Person of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God true God and true man.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Rock Plunged into Eternity)

“Evenness of temper is a particular virtue, a state which supposes an aggregate of all the virtues, an external manifestation of the peace and beauty of the interior.”

St Vincent de Paul

 “‘Great’ holiness consists in carrying out the ‘little’ duties of each moment.” (St. Josemaría Escrivá; The Way)

 "Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength." St. Phillip Neri  (1515-1595)

 When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.  - St. Josemaria Escriva

"The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks." - St John Vianney.

 His Majesty gives value to little things like these that are done for Him, and He gives the help for doing greater things.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    The Book of Her Life - chapter 31 : 24

 "I demand of you a perfect and whole-burnt offering; an offering of the will. No other sacrifice can compare with this one. I myself am directing your life and arranging things in such a way that you will be for Me a continual sacrifice and will always do My will. And for the accomplishment of this offering, you will unite yourself with Me on the Cross. I myself will give you many orders directly, but I will delay the possibility of their being carried out and make it depend on others (...) but know, My daughter, that this offering will last until your death."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA     (Diary 923)

“ Courage, courage, children are not nails”.  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr.

St. Cecilia is one of the most famous Roman martyrs and patron saint of musicians. 

O Eternal God, Who gave us, 

in the person of St. Cecilia, 

a powerful protectress, 

grant that after having faithfully 

passed our days, like herself, 

in innocence and holiness, 

we may one day attain 

the land of beatitude, 

where in concert with her, 

we may praise You 

and bless You forevermore in eternity. 

Amen.

"When loaves are more valued than Divine Power which multiplied them: when streams are more admired than the fountains that produced them, mankind will accept any kind of a king that promises bread and plenty. Nor let it be forgotten that He Who promised the spiritual did not deny bread to the poor. Our hopes and our liberties are sold too cheap when they are bartered away to him who feeds the body and leaves the soul naked. This is the problem: The whole world is dying of hunger -- the Eastern World is dying of hunger of body: the Western World is dying of hunger of soul. The first will be fed, but not by those who hate liberty when they give them flour; the Western World will be saved by feeding the East while recognizing their own hunger of the Spirit and seeking again the true King of Hearts Who gives ‘The Bread of Life’."   Archbishop Fulton Sheen

 “You have a thousand reasons for rejoicing in God and for hoping for everything from him through Our Lord who dwells within you.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

 “But God made you without you. You didn’t, after all, give any consent to God making you. How were you to consent, if you didn’t yet exist? So, while he made you without you, he doesn’t justify you without you. So, he made you without you knowing it, he justifies you with your willing consent to it.” (Saint Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 169)

 "Let us, therefore, be students of the laws of God so that we may conduct ourselves according to them. When you walk, these will guide you; when you lie down, watch over you; when you wake, talk with you. Wherever we may be or go, may they go with us to direct our footsteps. May they be so near us when we sleep that they may fill our thoughts as soon as we awaken. His voice will speak to us in them. He will refresh us for the day ahead. 

"Through his laws, we will gain the victory over our doubts. We will cast away every obstacle. We will free ourselves from that sluggishness of nature which is the enemy of strength, the foe of devotion, and the lover of ease. 

"The law of life will help us to overcome our fears in the time of temptation and to follow eagerly in the way of obedience. May it always be at hand to counsel us, so that by it we may find the strength to follow God’s call with generous hearts and willing souls."

~ Saint Raphael of St. Joseph

Excerpt from his Exhortations

When the Lord begins to give a virtue, it should be highly esteemed; and we should in no way place ourselves in the danger of losing it.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 31 : 20 

Jesus said, "Secretary of My most profound mystery, know that yours is an exclusive intimacy with Me. Your task is to write down everything that I make known to you about My mercy, for the benefit of those who by reading these things will be comforted in their souls and will have the courage to approach Me"   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA     (Diary 1693)

“ The Principal self-denial takes place in the home.”    St. Pio of Pietrecina

 “But the power of Mary over all the devils will especially shine forth in the latter times, when Satan will lay his snares against her heel: that is to say, her humble slaves and her poor children, whom she will raise up to make war against him. They shall be little and poor in the world’s esteem, and abased before all like the heel, trodden underfoot and persecuted as the heel is by the other members of the body. But in return for this they shall be rich in the grace of God, which Mary shall distribute to them abundantly. They shall be great and exalted before God in sanctity, superior to all other creatures by their lively zeal, and so well sustained with God’s assistance that, with the humility of their heel, in union with Mary, they shall crush the head of the devil and cause Jesus Christ to triumph.”   - St. Louis Marie de Montfort

 “Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are preceded by a personal encounter with him. When Moses saw the burning bush in the desert, it did not feed on any fuel. The flame, unfed by anything visible, continued to exist without destroying the wood. So personal dedication to Christ does not deform any of our natural gifts, disposition, or character; it just renews without killing. As the wood becomes fire and the fire endures, so we become Christ and Christ endures.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Treasure in Clay)

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“Free your mind of anything that troubles you; God will take care of it.”   - St. Vincent de Paul

 If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask him simply to fill you with charity, the greatest of all virtues; with it you can accomplish what you desire. - St. Vincent Ferrer

 When you know how much God is in love with you, then you can only live your life radiating that love    -St. Teresa of Calcutta

 "Let the whole of mankind tremble, the whole world shake and the heavens exult when Christ, the Son of the living God, is on the altar in the hands of a priest”     Saint Francis of Assisi

 "When there is no room for the poor, there is no room for me" St. Candida Maria of Jesus (1845 – 1912)

 Virtues are supernatural goods, or against our natural inclination.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 31 : 18

 '' My Heart overflows with great mercy for souls, and especially poor sinners.''   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary 1537)

“There is nothing more nauseating than a woman, especially if she is married, who is fickle, frivolous and haughty. The Christian wife must be woman of sound piety towards God, an angel of peace in the family, dignified and pleasant towards others.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

 “Mary is the whole hope of our salvation.”   - St. Thomas Aquinas

 “Why is it that any time we speak of temptation we always speak of temptation as something that inclines us to wrong.  We have more temptations to become good than we do to become bad.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen