Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Love begins at home

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
--Mother Teresa

Monday, May 9, 2011

True Peace

My children, it is in loving the cross that we find true peace, not running from it.
--Saint Jean Vianney

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Far from all that shines

Ah, let us stay quite far from all that shines; let us love our littleness.
--Saint Therese of Lisieux

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Prayer

The soul should move toward prayer the way a fish should move toward water; they are both a purely natural state.
--Saint Jean Vianney

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Above all things

Love the Heart of Jesus; love Him foolishly; love Him above all things, immersing all your affections in Him without fear of sacrifice.
--Father Mateo, as quoted in Father Jean d'Elbee's I Believe in Love

Monday, May 2, 2011

Faithfulness

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

--Saint Augustine

Friday, April 29, 2011

Easter Friday

For men quickly change and presently fail; but Christ remains for ever, and stands by us firmly to the end.
--Saint Therese