St. Therese of Lisieux On Confidence

St. Therese had a great deal of confidence.  Great humility mixed with confidence, mixed with great love for Jesus. Therese wanted to be a saint, she went confidently in that direction, never looking back.

"My way is all confidence and love." St. Therese of Lisieux

Isak Dinesen Quote Enjoying the Beauty of Life Without Worry

"I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is, in every way and that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of no importance whatsoever."
Isak Dinesen- Writer

The Poor in Jesus and Jesus in the Poor

"When our Lord promised that the poor would remain with us always, he pledged his enduring presence in our midst. The poor are never simply the poor. They are the poor who hide Jesus himself."
(Fr. Donald Haggerty-from his book, "Contemplative Provocations" p.160)
Fr. Haggerty has given many retreats for the Missionaries of Charity, who minister to the poorest of the poor. They "see" the suffering Jesus in the poor and marginalized.

St. John of the Cross-In the Evening of Life......

"In the evening of life, you will be examined in love."
St. John of the Cross

Love well, love compassionately, love as Jesus loves. In the end, all that matters is love as St. John has written

St. John of the Cross on Love

"Think nothing else but that God ordains all and where there is no love, put love and you will draw out love........"
St. John of the Cross-Saint and Mystic Extraordinaire

St. Peter Julian Eymard On Doing God's Will

"Those who want only God and God's will of the moment are always in a state of peace and fervor."
St. Peter Julian Eymard

We all need the peace that comes from doing God's will and knowing God's will for our lives.

Teilhard de Chardin on Patient Trust

"Above all trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability-and that may take a very long time. And so, I think it is with you.
Your ideas mature gradually-let them grow, Let them shape themselves, without undue haste.
Don't try to force them on. As though you could be today what time (that is to say grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make of you tomorrow.
Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.