Quiet Moment

Be proud that you are helping God bear the cross, and don’t grasp at comforts. It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day. Serve him without pay. — St. Teresa of Ávila

Dost thou wish to be applauded? Applaud another. — St. John Chrysostom

The weapon of the second Eve and Mother of God is prayer. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

There is no one who during this mortal life can properly judge how far he is an obstacle and to what extent he resists the workings of God’s grace in his soul. – St. Ignatius of Loyola

He would never come and knock at the door unless he wished to enter; if he does not always enter, it is we who are to blame. — St. Ambrose

Man’s salvation and perfection consist in doing the will of God, which he must have in view in all things and at every moment of his life: The more he accomplishes this divine will, the more perfect he will be. – St. Peter Claver

The gift of his mother was the final gift that he was giving mankind as the fruit of his sacrifice ... a gesture intended to crown his redemptive work. – St. John Paul II

We must take two equally strong resolutions into our heart: One is to resign ourselves to seeing noxious weeds growing in the garden of our soul; and the other is to keep trying to get rid of them. – St. Francis de Sales

Do not rejoice in earthly reality. Rejoice in Christ, rejoice in his word, rejoice in his law. – St. Augustine

The mercy of God is not some beautiful idea, but rather a concrete action. There is no mercy without being concrete. Mercy is not doing good “in passing,” but getting involved where there is something wrong, where there is illness, where…