Do not, I beseech you, be troubled about the increase of forces already in dissolution. You have mistaken the hour of the night; it is already morning (Hilaire Belloc)
Quotes
If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the presence of God as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor. (Saint Charles Borromeo, +1584)
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. (2 Maccabees, 12:46)
Calling the saints to mind inspires or rather arouses in us, above all else, a longing to enjoy their company, so desirable in itself (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, +1153)
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. (G.K. Chesterton)
Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say. (Pope Saint John Paul II)
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. (Anais Nin)
You can’t have the family farm without the family (G.K. Chesterton)
Do not be afraid. Open, I say open wide the doors for Christ… Christ knows “that which is in man”. He alone knows it. So often today, man does not know that which is in him, in the depths of his mind and heart. So often he is uncertain about the meaning of his life[…]
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates. (Proverbs 31:30-31)