May your homes be filled with peace, harmony, courtesy, and love. May they be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.

Choose your friends with caution. Plan your future with purpose. Frame your life with faith.

The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.

It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval.

Every bishop can testify to the promptings that attend calls to serve in the Church. Frequently the call seems to be for the benefit not so much of those to be taught or led as for the person who is to teach or lead.

Those who grieve frequently find themselves alone. Missed is the laughter of children, the commotion of teenagers, and the tender, loving concern of a departed companion. The clock ticks more loudly, time passes more slowly, and four walls can indeed a prison make. I extol those who, with loving care and compassionate concern, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and house the homeless. He who notes the sparrow's fall will not be unmindful of such service.

He who gives money gives some, he who gives time gives more, and he who gives of himself gives all.