“Living in the present moment means accepting the poverty in us: not insisting on going over and over the past or taking control of the future, but contending ourselves with today.”
― The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux
― The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux
“The point is to move from "Why?" to "How?" The real question isn't "Why is this happening to me?" but "How should I live through these things?" How am I called to face this situation? What call to growth is being made to me through this? That question will always get an answer.”
― The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux
― The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese of Lisieux
“Teach me, O Lord, to do Your will; teach me to live worthily and humbly in Your sight; for You are my wisdom, who know me truly, and who knew me before the world was made, and before I had my being.”
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“They excuse themselves, saying they are bored because they are not loved: No! They are bored because they do not love; because they have denied love.”
― Life Is Worth Living
― Life Is Worth Living
“Not with the Cross of the Savior behind you, but with your own cross behind the Savior.”
― Crossing the Threshold of Hope
― Crossing the Threshold of Hope
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