Quiet Moment

Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time A broken heart and God’s will done would be better than that God’s will should be avoided. — Msgr. R.H. Benson

Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time He rideth at ease that is carried by the grace of God. — Thomas à Kempis

Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time You can force a man to enter a church, to approach the altar, to receive the sacrament; but you cannot force him to believe. — St. Augustine

Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church For the soul is the inner face of man, by which we are known, that we may be regarded with love by our maker. — St. Gregory the Great

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time When I am before the Blessed Sacrament I feel such a lively faith that I can’t describe it. Christ in the Eucharist is almost tangible to me. I kiss his wounds continually and embrace him. When it’s…

Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Virgin Mary Your name, O Mary, is a precious ointment, which breathes forth the odor of divine grace. Let this ointment of salvation enter the inmost recesses of our souls. — St.…

Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Let us learn to cast our hearts into God. — St. Bernard

Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Not to go along the way to God is to go back. — St. Thomas Aquinas

Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist The Truth is Truth; there are no compromises. — Pope Benedict XVI

Memorial of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Late have I loved Thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved Thee! — St. Augustine