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He is at hand; why should I give myself any trouble? I hope in his mercy, he will not prolong my course. — St. Martin I

Leave sadness to those in the world. We who work for God should be lighthearted. — St. Leonard of Port Maurice

Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” — John 12:23

How long has Jesus been knocking at the door of your heart, waiting to enter? — St. John Baptist de la Salle

How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. —  St. Teresa of Ávila

The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. –St. Boniface

All seek joy, but it is not found on earth. — St. John Chrysostom

A good vocation is simply a firm and constant will in which the person who is called must serve God in the way and in the places to which almighty God has called him. — St. Francis de Sales

What made the holy apostles and martyrs endure fierce agony and bitter torments, except faith, and especially faith in the resurrection? — St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Fairy tales do not give a child his first idea of bogy. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of the bogy. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy…