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Love must consist in the one desire of pleasing God by doing His will, without seeking personal satisfaction. Divine Intimacy #19

When we think we know we act like we think we know which leaves little room to learn what we don’t know. – Deacon Arthur Miller

“Love does not calculate, does not measure, does not worry about expense, does not set up barriers but can give joyfully; it seeks only the good of the other, surmounts meanness, pettiness, resentment and the narrow-mindedness that human beings sometimes harbor in their hearts.” (Benedict XVI)

“Feelings, nothing more than feelings / Trying to forget my feelings…” It is important to remember two principles about feelings. They are NOT the infallible compass of our spiritual lives. Their absence does not mean that Our Lord is abandoning us.

Lord, grant me the grace to dance before you, like King David did, with joy-filled abandon (you may want to send the Holy Spirit to give me dancing lessons too).

Is Heaven the goal or the reward? Perhaps our goal should be supreme happiness (beatitude) in this life.

Today’s ubiquitous lotteries make it possible for even the poorest person to potentially “gain the whole world.” A person doesn’t have to win the lottery to “destroy himself.” He only has to want to gain it. “Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation and a trap. They are letting themselves be captured

“busy” is NOT a virtue.

Heavenly Father, take from me everything that distances me from you, grant me everything that brings me closer to you, please detach me from myself to give my all to you.       *