Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Let us not tire of praising so great a King and Lord, who has prepared for us a kingdom without end.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Foundations - chapter 31 : 47
“For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more.” (St. Maximilian Kolbe)
"Every soul, and especially the soul of every religious, should reflect My Mercy. My Heart overflows with compassion and mercy for all. The heart of My beloved must resemble Mine; from her heart must spring the fountain of My mercy for souls; otherwise I will not acknowledge her as Mine."  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA.  ( Diary, 1148)
“A plowman has to wait a long time before seeing the fruits of his plowing, and sometimes he does not see the abundant harvest his sowing has produced.”   – St. Vincent de Paul
“Whenever you are seized by melancholy, let your thoughts dwell on that fateful night on which the Son of God began the work of redemption in the solitude of Gethsemane and offer your own sufferings to the Divine Father, along with the sufferings of Jesus.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina
“When the time comes and we cannot pray, it is very simple—let Jesus pray in us to the Father in the silence of our hearts. If we cannot speak, He will speak. If we cannot pray, He will pray. So let us give Him our inability and our nothingness.”  - St.Teresa of  Calcutta


For me, prayer is a burst from my heart, a cry of thanksgiving and love in times of trial as well as in times of joy.    -St. Therese of  Lisieux