Catholic Commonplace Book
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Padre Pio
The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity
A soul united to Jesus is a living smile that radiates Him and gives Him.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
St. Athanasius
The almighty and most holy Word of the Father pervades the whole of reality, everywhere unfolding his power and shining on all things visible and invisible. He sustains it all and binds it all together in himself. He leaves nothing devoid of his power but gives life and keeps it in being throughout all of creation and in each individual creature.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
St. Ambrose
Most High God!
Thou that enkindlest
the fires of the shining stars!
O Jesus!
Thou that art peace and life and light and truth,
hear and grant our prayers.
Thou that enkindlest
the fires of the shining stars!
O Jesus!
Thou that art peace and life and light and truth,
hear and grant our prayers.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Henry David Thoreau
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual…O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.”
Saturday, October 12, 2013
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