October 22
No virtue is perfect without prudence.
October 21
For Catherine, holiness was bound up with the works of mercy.
October 19
Catherine told us “…not only to obey the will of God, but to love it with our whole heart."
October 18
Close to God, all is peace and contentment.
October 17
Of the sisters in the Crimea it was recorded that ‘they did more than medicine’. To do more than medicine is still a challenge.
October 16
Compassion….the flame of mercy. Compassion enkindles the flame of mercy.
October 15
What advantage are works to God? But our working hearts He longs for, and He vouchsafes to plead for them with touching earnestness.
October 14
There is nothing of greater importance than the perfect discharge of our ordinary duties.
October 13
Prayer will do more towards [our difficulties] than all the money in the Bank of Ireland!
October 12
Your love calls to us…in every pebble, rock and hill - to sing of your mercy and justice.
October 11
Catherine was an ardent peace-maker – an ecumenical person in a period of bigotry.
October 10
As we break the bread of our lives, we touch the World.
October 08
If we are faithful to prayer, each moment can be a great adventure in our journey to God
October 07
The rescue of a newborn infant during the epidemic is an example of Catherine’s response in love to a perceived need.
October 06
Mercy responds always to the cutting edge of human misery.
October 05
Let us pray well and never grow weary.
October 04
Catherine was a great enemy of that spirit of sadness and discontent which destroys true devotion.