Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.
-Henry Ward Beecher
September 2
The present problem is not that of atomic energy, but that of the human heart.
-Albert Einstein
September 3
We must begin with love,
continue with love,
and end with love.
-St. Francis de Sales
September 4
Sacrifice is a positive act. Its essence is something given; not something given up.
-Evelyn Underhill
September 5
A living faith is not something you have to carry, but something that carries you.
-J.H. Oldham
September 6
If Blessed are those who die in the Lord, are they not to be accounted far more blessed who die for the Lord?
-St. Bernard
September 7
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear but around in awareness.
-James Thurber
September 8
O, Jesus, keep me under the standard of your cross.
-St. Bernadette of Lourdes
September 9
The Lord shall provide.
Bl. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Santiago
September 10
We must serve our Lord according to his liking and not according to our own.
-St. Jane Frances de Chantal
September 11
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
-St. Frances of Assisi
September 12
God gives us memory so that we may have roses in December.
-Sir James Matthew Barrie
September 13
People see God everyday. They just don't recognize God.
-Pearl Bailey
September 14
The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
September 15
Grace strikes us when we are in great pain in restlessness.
-Paul Tillich
September 16
When I am weak, then am I powerful.
2 Corinthians 12:10
September 17
Happily is the kingdom of God compared to summer; because then the clouds our sadness will pass way, and the days of our life shall be resplendent in the glory of the eternal sun.
-St. Gregory the Great
September 18
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
-Norman Cousins
September 19
Hope is hearing the melody of the future; faith is dancing to it today.
-Ruben Alvez
September 20
If you give gladly, even if you give only a little, it is a big gift. If you give unwillingly, even if you give a big gift, you turn it into a small one.
-St. John Chrysostom
September 21
If saying your prayers is an obstacle to prayer, cut it out. Let Jesus pray. Thank God Jesus is praying. Forget yourself. Enter the prayer of Jesus. Let Him pray in you.
-Thomas Merton
September 22
To my God a heart of flame; to my neighbor a heart of love; to myself a heart of steel.
-St. Augustine
September 23
Whenever I see a wall between Christians, I try to pull out a brick.
-Pope John XX111
September 24
This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
September 25
Beauty is one of the faces of God. It is God's memory of all that is holy and good, faithful & true. It often appears upon the scene when hope seems gone. It has the power to heal, restore, comfort, and delight that part of you that is overcome with grief. Beauty is God's way of reminding you of your own beauty. It is God remembering you.
-Sister Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.
September 26
The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it.
-St. Elizabeth Seton
September 27
The more rain falls on the earth, the softer it makes it. Similarly, Christ's holy name gladdens the earth of our heart the more we call upon it.
-St. Hesychois
September 28
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guards keeps watch in vain.
-Psalm 127:1
September 29
Peace begins with a smile--smile five times a day at someone you really don't want to smile at. Do it for Peace.
-Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
September 30
Man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
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 your will come back and take you with me so that you may be where I am going.
