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December 02
I give myself into the arms of God’s loving providence.
October 30
Will you tell the sisters to get a good cup of tea ... when I am gone and to comfort one another - but God will comfort them.
October 29
This is your life, joys and sorrows mingled, one succeeding the other.
October 28
God never refuses His grace to those who ask it.
October 27
While statesmen planned and scholars wrote books about the causes of poverty, Catherine McAuley went into gutter and garret to teach, soothe and shelter.
October 25
Shall we all meet in Heaven? Oh What joy even to think of it.
October 24
Let us set our hearts on him who lives forever.
October 23
May God’s will be ever adored and blessed.
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!