No love in mortality comes closer to approximating the pure love of Jesus Christ than the selfless love a devoted mother has for her child. Jeffrey
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Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer. Edward McKendree Bounds
Help honors when to the bread that nourishes it adds the visit that consoles, the advice that enlightens, the friendly shake of the hand that lifts
Since we are fundamentally dependent on God and in His debt for our creation and redemption, our love is always owed to Him, a duty, a response to
Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him. St.
If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without
Let us go then, my brothers, and work with a new love in the service of the poor, looking even for the most destitute and abandoned among them. Let
A tree is known but its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness
We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and
Always be impartial and just in your deeds. Put yourself into your neighbor’s place, and him in yours, then you will judge fairly…Frequently,
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts. St. Thomas Aquinas
Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal meekly. Frequently call to mind Our
This weekend we celebrate the Baptism of Jesus so let us give thanks for this most precious sacrament! Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless
O my God, teach me to be generous, to serve you as you deserve to be served, to give without counting the cost, to fight without fear of being
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. St. Clement of Alexandria We are less than 1 week away from our Christmas
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for
The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is
It’s not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, that is the true measure of our thanksgiving. W.T. Purkiser We conducted our