Lectio Divina

“We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.” ~St. Thomas Aquinas

“Why, words, did I let you get out? I have often been sorry that I have spoken, never that I have been silent.” ~Arsenius The Roman

Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. ~John 14:1

“Preach the word of God wherever you go. Even use words, if necessary.” ~St. Francis of Assisi

“Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand.” ~St. Angela Merici

“Christ has no body now but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours.Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion must look out on the world.Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good.Yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.” ~Teresa of Avila

“We should not, however, judge the value of our meditation by ‘how we feel.’ A hard and apparently fruitless meditation may in fact be much more valuable than one that is easy, happy, enlightened and apparently a big success.” ~Thomas Merton

“From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!” ~St. John Paul II

“Marriage is meant to be one of the ways in which you die to yourself out of love for Christ and love for others that conforms you to Christ.” ~Fr. Mike Schmitz

“Choose the meekness of Moses and you will find your heart which is a rock changed into a spring of water.” ~Amma Syncletica of Alexandria