Category Archives: Spirituality

Who is Lord in Your Life?

Our first reading for Mass today (Romans 14: 7-12) challenges us to ask, “Who is Lord in my life?” God has poured his life and love into our lives at our baptism. His fidelity to us is unquestionable. We all … Continue reading

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Quote for the Day

“Praise to you, my Lord, through those who forgive one another in your love and bear sickness and trials. Blessed are they who live on in peace, for they will be crowned by you, Most High!” – St. Francis of … Continue reading

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Quote for the Day

“To think of Jesus is like a breath of new life. His kindness fills one to the brim. His sweetness is in overflowing measure.” — St. Clare of Assisi

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Quote for the Day

“To think of Jesus is like a breath of new life. His kindness fills one to the brim. His sweetness is in overflowing measure.” — St. Clare of Assisi

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Quote for the Day

“When we age we are getting closer to the time when we will pass through death and experience fully the vision of God, who has been with us throughout our life as our Most Beloved.” — Alberic Smith, OFM

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Quote for the Day

“Live always in truth, that you may die in obedience.” — St. Francis of Assisi

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The Meaning of Success

Back  in 1973, when I was a college freshman, a required reading was the book, The Meaning of Success, written by Michael Quoist. I honestly don’t remember its contents nearly 40 years later, but the title has never escaped my … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day

“We have nothing to fear when we can say, resolutely, even without feelings: Long live Jesus!” — St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, OFM Cap.

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Quote for the Day

“When we have been enlightened, and in that same light behold the light of heaven, rightly may the apostle Paul say to us: ‘Once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light.’” … Continue reading

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Quote for the Day

“Whoever says anything evil to a poor man insults Christ by it, for the poor man bears the mark of Christ’s nobility, who made himself poor for us in this world.” — St. Francis of Assisi

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Quote for the Day

“How often our hearts are delighted by God’s wondrous surprises!” – Jeanne McNulty, SFO

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Quote for the Day

“The more the graces and favors of Jesus grow in your soul, the more you should humble yourself, always keeping the humility of our heavenly Mother, who the instant she became the Mother of God, declared herself the handmaid of … Continue reading

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Quote for the Day

“The poor grasp the value of humility more easily than the rich. In fact, the poor, with their lack of means, have gentleness as a friend. The rich, with their abundance, have arrogance as an acquaintance.” — St. Pope Leo the Great

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“The Lord called me to himself with a most tender love, and with an infinite charity he led and directed me along the path of my life.” — Blessed Ludovico of Casoria, OFM

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Quote for the Day

“My only concern is to carry out what God wants of me. In a word, I desire to be as perfect a likeness of my Lord Jesus Christ as I possibly can.” — Blessed Didacus Joseph of Cadiz, OFM Cap.

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