“If the angels were capable of envy, they would envy us for two things: one is the receiving of Holy Communion, and the other is suffering… You will save more souls through prayer and suffering than will a missionary through his teachings and sermons alone.” – St. Faustian
“If only we could live with more trust in divine Providence, strong in faith, in the certainty of God’s daily protection which never fails, how many worries and anxieties we would be spared. Then that fretfulness which, as Jesus said, is typical of pagans, of ‘the heathen world’, that is, of people who lack a
Patience is the virtue which permits us to live in a state of suffering, hardship and privation without losing our serenity…it is the voluntary acceptance of suffering in view of God and eternal happiness (Divine Intimacy #291)
Acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself.” – Saint Augustine
Put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, (Colossians 3:12)
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“Do not be afraid of holiness. It will take away none of your energy, vitality, or joy. On the contrary, you will become what the Father had in mind when he created you,” (Gaudete et Exsultate [Rejoice and Be Glad] 32)
There is no holiness without renunciation and spiritual battle. Spiritual progress entails the intense self-discipline to subdue sinful desires that gradually lead to living in the peace and joy of the beatitudes. (CCC 2015)
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Faith gives us the certainty that God would not permit an evil if He did not cause a good to come from that very evil, by ways that we shall not fully know until we enter into eternal life.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 324)
Your job, everyday, is to ’put on the new man, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.’ (Eph 4:24). Do this by ‘putting away falsehood,’ (Eph 4:25) That is to ‘put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.’ (1 Peter 2:1) (Catechism of the Catholic
What great progress we should make in fraternal charity, in attaining our own perfection, if instead of criticizing the faults seen in others, we would examine ourselves to see if there is not something similar—or perhaps worse… O Lord, keep me from judging and criticizing my neighbor; give me kind, loving thoughts about everyone. (Divine
