'Night is falling and day's allotted span draws to a close.   The daylight that You created for Your pleasure has fully ...

"Whether married, religious, single, consecrated, or widowed," says today's post at The Feminine Gift , "we all have ...

'My God and King... cast a gracious eye upon those of us who are in our dangerous voyage still. Remember, succour us in our dist...

'Our merits compared with Our Lord's  are what raindrops are to the ocean, only infinitely less. And yet, as there is ...

"It is surprising how strong we become  under the pressure of 'the blues'  when we cling to God more tightly than ever,...

  'The function of all art  lies in breaking through  the narrow and torturous enclosure of the finite, in which man is immers...

                                                                                                Sow with a generous hand;               ...

'Music rouses the emotions, it calls the senses to a different quality... Music comforts the mind in the enduring of labors,  ...

This has been a most unusual day..   First:  with no prior warning, late yesterday I felt drawn to start a new blog.  Probably a secret ...

'Come, Lord, work upon us, set us on fire and clasp us close.   Be fragrant to us. Draw us to Your loveliness.   Let us love...

I will not doubt; though all my prayers return unanswered from the still, white realm above; I shall believe it is an all-wise love...

Yesterday I again wrestled myself into prayer.  I'm ashamed to admit how long it took me to get there, but finally I struggled thro...

'Dearest Jesus... I am now incapable  of praying, of practicing virtue. The fire of love seems almost extinguished. Yet you know ...

I sometimes must wrestle myself into prayer.  It often seems that I'm waging an all-out battle against distractions, laziness, daydre...

'One act of thanksgiving when things go wrong  is worth a thousand thanks  when things are agreeable to our inclination.' ...

'The goodness of God means that God gives us what we need for our perfection, not what we want for our pleasure and sometimes for o...

'When we are linked by the power of prayer, we, as it were, hold each other's hand as we walk side by side along a slippery path;...

'It seems that a tranquil soul and a quiet spirit come to me even while I sleep....  I don't know what God has in store for me...

"There is nothing small in the service of God."  St. Francis de Sales

'Ah, dearest Lord!  I cannot pray, my fancy is not free; unmannerly  distractions come, and force  my thoughts from Thee.  ...