14th September – The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Everything is a reminder of the Cross. We ourselves are made in the shape of a cross. You must accept your cross. If you bear it courageously, it will carry you to heaven.
Everything is a reminder of the Cross. We ourselves are made in the shape of a cross. You must accept your cross. If you bear it courageously, it will carry you to heaven.
Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent. [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow, but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life].
In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not her name depart from your lips, never suffer it to leave your heart. And that you may obtain the assistance of her prayer, neglect not to walk in her footsteps.
He who esteems himself as nothing, where so ever he goes, or wherever he dwells, he shall find rest.
Always act in such a way, that if God should decide to call you from this world, you may enter not into His judgment, but into His peace.
To do the will of God, man must despise his own; the more he dies to himself, the more he will live to God.
It is time to be healed of our spiritual deafness and muteness, so let sincerely listen to God’s word proclaimed to us. Let us acknowledge and receive God’s word proclaimed and explained to us. Then let us go out and proclaim God’s word and our faith in Him to the world.
The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy because through the Mother of God, the entire human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve, was transformed into joy - Saint John Damascene
As Jesus has chosen bread, which is very common, so must my life be, common … approachable by all and, at the same time, humble and hidden, like bread - Blessed Eugenia Picco
What you ask me to do is wrong and even if you offered me a thousand Japans, or the whole world, I could not do it.
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving
I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of [Monte] delle Rose, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ
God is within all things but not included; outside all things but not excluded. God is above all things but not beyond their reach.
We’ve taken refuge in the oratory. Here are the revolutionaries! We can’t be any better off than at the foot of the cross to make the sacrifice of our lives - Abbe Desprez, Martyr.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is time to become better Christians and doers of God’s word by exemplifying God’s love for us in our thoughts, words and actions daily and by loving others as God loves us. So, let us focus more on God’s commandments and center our hearts not just on the laws or on our self-glorification which nullifies our good acts, rather, let concentrate on God, and on our love for Him and our neighbors.