Feast of St. Francis

“Every woman and every man is the mother of God when we carry Jesus in our heart and body through a divine love and a pure, sincere conscience. We give birth to Him through a holy activity which must shine as an example before others”. - St. Francis

Three for Thee

What does the poor man do at the rich man’s door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love. -St. Francis


"What self denial! What self abasement! What self emptying! He, whom no infinitudes can hold, is contained within infant’s age, and infant’s form. Can it be, that the great ‘I AM THAT I AM’ shrinks into our flesh?"  - Henry Law 


For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.  - Phillips Brooks

Memorial of St. Francis

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.  -Francis of Assisi 

Bonus quote: 
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to His beloved is that of overcoming self.

Yesterday's missed quote - Memorial of St. Claire

       Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,  Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy;        O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;  to be understood as to understand;  to be loved as to love.  For it is in giving that we receive;  it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;  and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. - The prayer of St. Francis
       This is one of the prayers I say on pretty much a daily basis, I wish I did a better job living it.