October 1999 Quotations
All of earth is crammed with Heaven
and every bush aflame with God
but only those who see take off their shoes.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I have noticed that the experience of suffering makes us king and indulgent toward others because it is suffering that draws us near to God.
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world. Here below nothing can satisfy us. One cannot enjoy a moment's rest save in constant readiness to do the will of God.
Life passes so quickly that it is better to have a most splendid crown in Heaven and a little suffering than an ordinary crown and no suffering.
I realize that one will love the good God better for all eternity because suffering borne with joy! And, by suffering one can save souls...
Sanctity lies not in saying beautiful things, or even in thinking them, or feeling them; it lies in truly being willing to suffer.
It is so sweet to serve our Lord in the night of trial; we have only this life to practice the virtue of faith.
I suffer much but do I suffer well? That is the important thing.
-Saint Therese of Lisieux, from Prayers and Meditations of Therese of Lisieux
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
-Anonymous
