Mercy

Mercy is the first root of all the action of God towards us; He displays this not only by having pity on us but by dispelling our misery.

--Saint Thomas Aquinas

Passion Sunday

Passio Christi, conforta me.

(Passion of Christ, comfort me.)

--motto of the Passionists

Reverence

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

--Plato 

Trust

Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.  

--George MacDonald

One word

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.

--Sophocles

Strong

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

--Corrie Tenboom

Well of affection

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that we love them, not when we feel like it, but when they do.

--Nan Fairbrother