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July 27
We have to make decisions Catherine never faced but for which she has empowered us.
May 23
Catherine believed deeply in the enabling fire of God’s love.
May 22
We should consider a good spiritual book as a letter sent from Heaven.
May 21
Help me to be quick to see and ready to encourage whatever brings the laughter of God into an otherwise uninspired day.
May 20
How do we expect to take up our cross and follow Christ if we are not to meet with it in those with whom we are associated?
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.