May 2002 Quotations

May 1
God will never be lost, but in God's own time and way will be wafted back again in clouds of mercy and fall in showers of blessings on you and on those for whom you pray.
-St. Therese of Lisieux

May 2
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on Earth,  and the top of it reached to Heaven:  And Behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
-Genesis 28

May 3
You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.  You are here to enrich the world.
-Woodrow Wilson
May 4
If Mary was sitting with you now, what would you want to ask or say to Mary about this sorrow in her life?
-Joyce Rupp
May 5
Whoever from deep within her noble and zealous heart wishes to take up the cross, let her first take up the arms necessary for such battles; first is diligence; second, distrust of self; third, confidence in God; fourth, memory of his Passion; fifth, memory of one's own death; sixth, memory of the glory of God; seventh and last, the authority of Holy Scripture following the example of Christ Jesus in the desert.
-St Catherine of Bologna

May 6
With songs and everlasting joy upon their heads, they shall obtain joy and gladness;  and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
-Isaiah 25:10
May 7
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore.
-Andre Gide
May 8
There is nothing that makes loving someone so much as praying for them.
-William Law

May 9
If any want to be my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
-Mark 8:34
May 10
I am in God's presence, what a joy, let us be still.
-Anthony Bloom
May 11
Only one petition in the Lord's Prayer has any condition attached to it:  It is the petition for forgiveness.
-William Temple
May 12
Love is not for our own sakes.  Love frees us to see others as God sees them.
-Sister Joan Chittister

May 13
These six sayings are basically all the important messages one person can give another:  I love you, Thank you, I'm sorry, I need help, That's not good enough, No.
-John Calvi

May 14
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
-Ecclesiastes 7:5
May 15
The seed of all the  virtues has already been planted in me by my Creator.  I need to help God with the growing of these seeds.  I need to do my part.
-Sister Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.

May 16
The love of God surrounds us.  God's love is the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the light we see.  We move in God's love as a fish swims in water.
-Ernesto Cardenal

May 17
The prayer of a pure heart sometimes awakes sleeping sinners.
-Mechthild of Magdeburg

May 18
Your work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on Earth.
-"Queen Mum" of England
May 19
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
-Marcel Proust

May 20
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
May 21
For my part, I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of stars makes me dream.
-Vincent Van Gogh
May 22
God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.  I have my mission.
-John Henry Cardinal Newman
May 23
First, let a little love find entrance into their hearts; and the rest will follow.
-St. Philip Neri
May 24
What is impossible with men is possible with God.
-Luke 18:27

May 25
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
-Gandhi
May 26
There is pleasure in the pathless woods.
-Lord Byron
May 27
Take nothing but memories; leave nothing but footprints.
-Chief Seattle

May 28
There is more than life than increasing its speed.
-Gandhi
May 29
A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.
-French Proverb
May 30
Although the world is full of suffering; it is also full of the overcoming of it.
-Helen Keller
May 31
Dwell in possibility.
-Emily Dickinson
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Don't let your hearts be troubled.  Trust in God and, trust in me.  There are many rooms in my Father's house.  I would not tell you this if it were not true.  I am going there to prepare a place for you...I will come back and take you with me so that you may be where I am going.
(John 14:1-3)

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