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“Good did not call anyone to be mediocre.”

“She had joy in trust. In all these mysteries, there is trust.”

“Joy always goes in two directions. We never give joy to anyone else without giving joy to ourselves, any more than we behave in an untoward way toward others without wizening ourselves.”

“We are, each of us, affecting our family and the world; and we have the same purpose in life as Our Lady: to give joy to the world.”

“We must find out what really matters and do it. The duty of the moment is what really matters.”

“Nothing good will ever be accomplished in our lives unless we are merciful, unless we are growing in mercy. We will never evoke from others their best selves if we are not merciful to them. Mercy, far from being weakness, requires great strength. Any weakling can be harsh, corrective, demanding. It is only a strong heart that can be merciful, succoring, shielding, excusing.”

“Yet this [being a homemaker] is every woman’s profoundest, greatest destiny. At the very heart of this vocation is that we make a home for God and a home for the entire world. The Church is essentially a homemaker, and Our Lady is radically a homemaker. When we call upon Our Lady’s name, e can find a home in her.”