Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

"My heart hath uttered a good word:  I speak my works to the King."
--from the Introit of the Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

"The Queen, the Queen, she is so beautiful!"
--Emmanuel Marcovitch (RIP)

(Happy birthday, Mary K.!)

True friends

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.  

~Elisabeth Foley

Clover

It's all I have to bring today –

This, and my heart beside –

This, and my heart, and all the fields –

And all the meadows wide –

Be sure you count –

should I forget

Some one the sum could tell –

This, and my heart, and all the Bees

Which in the Clover dwell.
--Emily Dickinson

A very small field

"We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self."
-- St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

(Happy birthday, Emilie!)

Time enough

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”

--Rabindranath Tagore

One word

"One word or a pleasing smile is often enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul."
--Saint Therese of Lisieux

Good people

"What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!"
-Saint Teresa of Avila