I will always sing

 I will always sing, even if I must gather my roses in the very midst of thorns – and the longer and sharper the thorns the sweeter shall be my song. – St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Feast of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

We beseech Thee, therefore, help Thy servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy Precious Blood.

Waiting

. . . But the faith and the hope and the love are all in the waiting.

--T.S. Eliot

Love

Love flies, runs, and leaps for joy; it is free and unrestrained. Love gives all for all, resting in One who is highest above all things, from whom every good flows and proceeds. 

--Thomas a Kempis

From hope to hope

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

--Samuel Johnson

Repose

Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.

--William Blake

Perseverance

Perseverance, dear my lord,  Keeps honor bright.

--William Shakespeare