"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
“We are but pilgrims in this present world, journeying to our heavenly homeland. But we have a choice: we can be like whining children, grating the ears of their parents in the front seats with cries of ‘are we there yet?’—or we can entertain our fellow pilgrims with humor and good cheer?”
– Fr. Innocent Smith O.P. in an article about Archbishop Fulton Sheen
For those of you who are disappointed that the St. Francis saying is apocryphal…
“We must preach to the poor with our hands before we preach with our lips”
– St. Peter Claver
As you take your seat at table, pray… offer thanks to the Giver…remember Him Who supplies you with this gift, to make your heart glad and to comfort your weakness. Has your need for taking food passed away? Let not the thought of your Benefactor pass away too.
As you are putting on your tunic, thank the Giver of it. As you wrap your cloak about yourself, feel yet greater love to God…
Is the day done? Give thanks to Him Who has given us the sun for our daily work, and has provided for us a fire to light up the night and to serve the rest of the needs of life”
– St. Basil
“I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
– Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings
“When we look into the heart, may our eyes have the kindness and reverence of candlelight”
– John O’donahue
Our present actions have this effect because we are forming our hearts, our minds, our desires, our goals, and our dreams. In other words, what we let into our minds and hearts now will affect us moving forward. How we let the pressures and the insecurities and the fears of life play out will affect us, and they will begin to form us
– Sarah Swafford, Emotional Virtue
The incongruity between what we claim to believe and the lives we live says everything the world needs to know. Any honest outsider can tell that we can’t possibly believe what we say we believe. Not only is our religion a fraud, but so are we Christians. At least, that’s what our actions often communicate to the world
– Messy & Foolish, Matthew Warner