Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perservance in prayer.
-St. Francis of Assisi
January 2
The greatest honor God can do a Soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
-St Therese of Liseux
January 3
Can you expect to go to Heaven for nothing? Did not our dear Savior track the whole way to it with His Blood and tears?
St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton
January 4
I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be hindered.
I have dealt with great things that I do not understand;
things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know.
-Job 42:2-3
January 5
Patience with others is love, patience with self is hope, patience with God is faith.
-Adel Bestavros.
January 6
O Lord, You are our father,
we are the clay and You are the potter,
we are the work of your hands.
-Isaiah 64:7
January 7
Do not be afraid. Christ can fill your heart's deepest aspirations! Are there dreams that cannot come true when it is God's Spirit who inspires and nourishes them in your heart? Can anything block our enthusiasm when we are united with Christ?
-Pope Benedict XVI
January 8
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing, and face us with the reality of powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
-Henri Nouwen
January9
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
-H Jackson Brown, Jr.
January 10
There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who have no need of repentance.
-Luke 15:7
January 11
The power of faith is enormous. It is so great that it not only saves the believer:
Thanks to one person's faith others are saved also.
-St. Cyril of Jerusalem
January 12
At Mass, we do not just talk about Heaven, we actually get a taste of it.
-Matthew Pinto/Chris Stefanick
January 13
We cannot preach what we do not practice.
-St. Josemaria Escriva
January 14
We sin from two causes: Either from not seeing what we ought to do,
or from not doing what we see ought to be done.
-St. Augustine
January 15
Don't prepare the path for the child;
prepare the child for the path.
-Anonymous
January 16
Lord, with thee, and for thee, I am ready to endure every suffering.
-St. Gertrude the Great
January 17
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event.
You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different,
and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?
-John Boynton Priestley
January 18
This is your life.
Accept it, just as it is.
Today.
Now
So that those moments of happiness you're waiting for don't pass you by.
-Author Unknown
January 19
Do you want to honor Christ's body?
Then do not scorn Him in his nakedness,
nor honor him here in the church with silken garments
while neglecting Him outside where He is cold and naked.
-St. John Chrysostom
January 20
Choose now what you would wish to have chosen at life's end.
-St. Anthony Mary Claret
January 21
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
-Chinese Proverb
January 22
Help yourself and Heaven will help you.
-Jean De La Fontaine
January 23
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others,
you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
January 24
The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
-Anonymous
January 25
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
-Winston Churchill
January 26
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
-From A Headstone in Ireland
January 27
For my part, I believe that love is the measure of our ability to bear crosses,
whether great or small.
-St. Teresa of Avila
January 28
An angel is like an arrow of light cutting through the dark.
-Karen Goldman
January 29
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
-Melody Beattie
January 30
Those who sing scare away their woes.
-Miguel de Cervantes
January 31
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
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.
