St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day. "I would finish hoeing my garden," he replied.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.

It is good to read the testimonies of Scripture; it is good to seek the Lord our God in them. As for me, however, I have already made so much of Scripture my own that I have more than enough to meditate on and turn over in my mind. I need no more . .. I know Christ, the poor crucified One.

By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.

If we endure all things patiently and with gladness, thinking on the sufferings of our Blessed Lord, and bearing all for the love of Him: herein is perfect joy.

He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist