Sun 7 Feb 2010
I just found out that the folks at St. Blog’s Parish have been kind enough to include me in their directory of Catholic bloggers. Thanks John and Gen X Revert.
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Sun 7 Feb 2010
Just as there was no difference between what the good and the bad thief had to do and suffer in order to become saints, neither is there for souls, some of whom are worldly and others spiritual. Those who damn their souls do so by attempting to achieve through their fantasies what those who save their souls achieve through submitting to your will, and by protesting and grumbling about what those who are saved suffer with resignation. Thus, only the heart is different.
~Jean-Pierre de Caussade, The Sacrament of the Present Moment
Sat 6 Feb 2010
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
~St. Francis of Assisi
Fri 5 Feb 2010
Silence frees us from the need to control others … A frantic stream of words flows from us in an attempt to straighten others out. We want so desperately for them to agree with us, to see things our way. We evaluate people, judge people, condemn people. We devour people with our words. Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on that.
~Richard Foster, Freedom of Simplicity (as quoted on the Sojourners blog)
Thu 4 Feb 2010
I counsel, admonish and beg my brothers that, when they travel about the world, they should not be quarrelsome, dispute with words, or criticize others, but rather should be gentle, peaceful and unassuming, courteous and humble, speaking respectfully to all as is fitting.
~St. Francis of Assisi, 1209 Rule (found on the blog Almost Catholic)
Wed 3 Feb 2010
In choosing “failure” from the outset, Francis frees himself from the enormous burden of the opinion of others. Beginning with his own father, he rejects knowing who he is only through others. He becomes a free man, a man whose identity comes from God.
~Murray Bodo, O.F.M. — The Way of St. Francis: The Challenge of Franciscan Spirituality for Everyone
Tue 2 Feb 2010
Pure holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
~St. Francis of Assisi, Salutation of the Virtues
Mon 1 Feb 2010
To discover God in the smallest and most ordinary things, as well as in the greatest, is to possess a rare and sublime faith. To find contentment in the present moment is to relish and adore the divine will in the succession of all the things to be done and suffered which make up the duty to the present moment.
~Jean-Pierre de Caussade, The Sacrament of the Present Moment
Mon 1 Feb 2010
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
~St. Francis of Assisi, Admonition 27
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