Sometimes God, Sometimes the World

'I compare those who 
serve sometimes God, 
sometimes the World, 
as the case may be,
with dogs who answer 
to every whistle.'

St. John Vianney

'His Master's Voice' painting 

in US public domain due to age 

How Happy are Those

'Oh, how happy are those who keep their hearts open to holy inspirations! 

They never lack anything conducive to a devout life.'

St. Francis de Sales

Painting:  Guy Rose,  Marguerite Reading

Just One of Your Words

'O Lord, all my greatness is in listening to You: hearing You in the external word of Your law, and hearing You in the interior inspiration of Your Spirit, in the multi-faceted ways by which Your Providence speaks....

'It is more precious and more important to hear just one of your words, and to establish with You a current of interior attraction, than the many things that my love would like to offer You.'

G. Canovai, 'Suscipe Domine'

Painting:  Edmund Tarbell

The Supreme Act

'Of all human activities, 
listening to God 
is the supreme act 
of man's
reasoning 
and will.'  

Pope Paul VI