“A family is a ecclesiola, Latin for little church” -John Paul II
Family = A place people learn to discern and accept their mission from God
Category: Quotes
Mother Teresa said
“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.”-Mother Teresa
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
“Our Rosaries change us as we pray and empowers Mary’s hands to intercede for the world” – Cathy Nolan
Read nice post and Blessed John Paul II words on Feast of the Holy Rosary @ Marytv.tv
Not to know, is to know
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord.”
Isaiah 55:8
This, to me, is a reminder that however grandiose or lowly our thoughts may be, they are not necessarily God’s thoughts and we should always keep them in check, not assuming our thinking rises to the level of God. This is actually a gift of freedom from both pride and worry, for when we understand how little we know and how askew our thoughts can be, we are more ready to let go of them and accept the grace that comes from trusting God more than our own thoughts.
St. Catherine of Sienna said
“If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze!”
“The mind is not the navigator. The navigator is Spirit when we let go.”
“Sometimes you just have to let the globe spin on its own.”
Freedom
In Church the priest talked about how Christians are given the gift of freedom. I started to wonder what he meant. Then I realized he meant that, if one has enough faith …
Freedom from fear
Freedom from worry
Freedom from superstition
Freedom from greed, anger, envy and the other deadly sins
If we just have enough faith.
“Practice moderation. Expect imperfection.”
Saint Teresa of Avila said
“Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things pass away: God never changes.
Patience obtains all things. He who has God finds he lacks nothing; God alone suffices.” – Saint Teresa of Avila