Alan Kmiecik

As you travel through life,let this be your goal:‘ Keep your eye on the doughnutand not on the hole ‘. – George A. Kmiecik, Aurora High School Graduation Speach, 1976(dad passed away today)

Learn to do good. If I have betrayed someone’s confidence, asking forgiveness is only the beginning. Re-establishing a relationship of mutual trust will require transparency, humble service, and many small acts of kindness on my part. Similarly, it takes time to replace patterns of self-indulgence with habits of compassion and justice

For the person of little faith it is difficult to understand the supernatural value of human actions. When faith is weak, what God thinks holds little weight because there is an unconscious doubt that God really thinks about what human beings do. Make hidden sacrifices of self during the day that no one but God

Dear Lord, help me to become detached from from my pride and egoism and from all that gets in the way of a deeper adherence to your will.

The more you pray, the more you will become poor, plain and empty*… and ready for God. *It is a wonderful feeling, it is beatitude.

Lord, grant me the simplicity and docility I need to be docile to your will and your inspirations today and always. Help me to find my happiness in fulfilling your will. Help me to overcome the temptations that come to lead me away from your will. I trust in you and the power of your

When we turn to God every day, he begins to overcome our weaknesses and build up our strengths. He draws out the potential that he created in us, molding us ever more perfectly into his image and likeness. Slowly but surely, we find ourselves able to resist temptation. We find his grace shielding us from

Sometimes we stop growing spiritually because we simply stop serving others.(The “bondage of self” starts to creep in)

Lord, Enlighten my mind and fill my heartto recognize all the goodness you have given me.Help me always seek your will in my life.Touch me with your healing grace so that,strengthened by your blessings,I will share your love and mercy.

Whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy. (James 1:2)Suffering tests and strengthens our faith. Endurance through life’s trials helps us become “mature and complete,” the person God intends us to be.