Friends

No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.  
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Feast of Saint Agnes

He lifts me to the golden doors;
The flashes come and go;
All heaven bursts her starry floors,
And strows her lights below,
And deepens on and up! the gates
Roll back, and far within
For me the Heavenly Bridegroom waits,
To make me pure of sin.
The sabbaths of Eternity,
One sabbath deep and wide--
A light upon the shining sea--
The bridegroom with his bride!

--from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Saint Agnes' Eve

Saint Agnes, pray for us.

Kindness

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.  
--Mark Twain

Consolation

If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest;
if there were no winter, there would be no summer.
--St. John Chrysostom

Woods

 Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though; 

He will not see me stopping here 

To watch his woods fill up with snow.
--Robert Lee Frost

Present blessings

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

--Charles Dickens 

Peace

Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the sons of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace is the mother of unity. Peace is the rest of blessed souls. Peace is the dwelling place of eternity.
--Pope Saint Leo the Great