There is only one choice: to live for self or to live for God.- Fr. Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen (Divine Intimacy)

All the wealth in the world cannot be compared with the happiness of living together happily united. Blessed Margaret d’Youville

We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them. St. Basil

The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain. Pope Benedict XVI

His [Christ’s) humanity is the first step down and the last step up on the beautiful spiral of Creation. Fr. Christopher Rengers

Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed. ~Robert H. Schuller

May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom. St. Cyprian

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ~Mark Twain

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

A cheerful heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22.