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Showing posts with label Peace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peace. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

St. Teresa of Calcutta: No Time to Enjoy

I think the world today is upside down, and is suffering so much, because there is so very little love in the homes and in family life. We have no time for our children, we have no time for each other; there is no time to enjoy each other. If we could only bring back into our lives the life that Jesus, Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth, if we could make our homes another Nazareth, I think that peace and joy would reign in the world.

~ St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta




Saturday, August 9, 2014

St. Pio of Pietrelcina: Give the Lord Your Heart!

Remember the goodness of the Lord in his treatment of you up until now. He will continue his work of perfection to your benefit. He will continue to pour out abundantly on you not only the oil of his mercy to make you rejoice but also the oil of his power to make you strong to fight successfully. It is said that wrestlers rubbed oil on their limbs to make themselves more agile, more flexible, and sturdier.

Live at peace, because divine compassion is never lacking and certainly will not be lacking to you if you show yourself docile to his divine workings. Come now... do not be stingy with the heavenly physician. For love's sake, do not make him wait for you any longer. "Give me your heart" (Proverbs 23:26), he is saying to you. "Give me your heart, my daughter, so that I may pour out my oil on it."


- St. Pio of Pietrelcina


St. Bernard of Clairvaux: The Most Holy Name of Jesus


Jesus is honey on the lips, melody in the ear, joy in the heart. Yet not alone is that name light and food. It is also a remedy. Is any one amongst you sad? Let the name of Jesus enter his heart; let it leap thence to his mouth; and lo! the light shining from that name shall scatter every cloud and restore peace.
 
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon - Most Holy Name of Jesus, Feast Day January 3