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May 19
Prayer will do more ... than all the money in the Bank of Ireland.
May 18
Catherine had the eye of a utilitarian rather than a poet.
May 17
Catherine discovered mercy at work in her life, experiencing within her concrete situation her own need.
May 16
Catherine’s confidence in God’s guidance gave her courage to take extraordinary risks.
May 15
The joys of my state are many, and I feel the most lively gratitude.
May 14
May God do with each of us whatever will tend to his greater glory.
May 13
We should receive all things as coming from the hand of God who sends them with tender love for our good.
May 12
Using traditional language and sources of her time, Catherine wove a new pattern that continues to challenge us today.
May 10
Fidelity to our past helps us to develop new life in the spirit of the original vision.
May 09
Catherine often sought meaning beneath the surface and a patience which allowed one to move through pain rather than around it.
May 08
Catherine singularly loved simplicity in all and practised it herself, telling the Sisters to adopt a simple style of speaking and writing.
May 07
The transcendent God chooses to be revealed in the here and now.
May 06
Never judge anyone but endeavour to excuse faults and have a good opinion of others.
May 05
Prudence and simplicity and practical common sense were the hallmarks of her exercise of authority within the community and in their apostolate.
May 04
My God, I will look to you confidently for grace.
May 03
Connect the rich to the poor, the healthy to the sick…to do the work of God.
May 02
Catherine animated others at centres of wealth, power and influence to share in her heroic efforts.