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Quiet Moment
Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope. — St. Leo the Great
St. Thomas Aquinas-If then, you are looking
Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church If then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way. — St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Merton-To worship ourselves is to worship nothing
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time To worship ourselves is to worship nothing. And the worship of nothing is hell. — Thomas Merton
2 Timothy 1:6–7-For this reason, I remind you
Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and…
Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson-There is no happiness
Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle There is no happiness in the world comparable to that of the experience known as conversion. — Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson
St. Francis de Sales-Do not pay any attention
Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Do not pay any attention to the kind of work you do, but rather to the honor that it brings to God, even though it may seem quite trivial. — St. Francis de Sales
St. Vincent-Remember that the Christian life
Optional Memorial of St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr; St. Marianne Cope, Virgin Remember that the Christian life is one of action; not of speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done well. — St. Vincent
St. John Bosco- The chief thing is to take the burden
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children The chief thing is to take the burden on one’s shoulders. As you press forward, it soon shakes down and the load is evenly distributed. — St. John Bosco
St. Thérèse of Lisieux-I opened the Gospels
Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr I opened the Gospels at random, and the words my eyes fell on were these: “Then he went up on the mountainside and called to him those whom it pleased to call; so these came to him.” — St. Thérèse of…
St. Anthony Claret-When it is time for me
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time When it is time for me to leave , I have to tear myself away from his sacred presence. — St. Anthony Claret