In some causes silence is Blessed is she who believed Above all the grace and dangerous that there would be a fulfil- the gifts that Christ gives ment of what was spoken to to his beloved is that of her by the Lord. St Ambrose overcoming self

Luke 1:45 St

Blessed is she who May you trust God that May today there be believed that there would you are exactly where peace within. be a fulfilment of what you are meant to be. was spoken to her by the

St. Thérèse de Lisieux Lord. St. Thérèse de Lisieux Luke 1:45

May you not forget the May you use those gifts May you be content infinite possibilities that that you have received, knowing you are a child are born of faith. and pass on the love that of God. has been given to you. St. Thérèse de Lisieux St. Thérèse de Lisieux St. Thérèse de Lisieux

What does love look like? It has The proof of love is in the the hands to help others. It has The things that we love works. Where love exists, it the feet to hasten to the poor tell us what we are works great things. But when and needy. I has eyes to see it ceases to act, it ceases to misery and want. It has the ears exist to hear the sighs and sorrows of St Thomas of Aquinas men. That is what love looks like. Pope St Gregory the Great St Augustine of Hippo

My director, Jesus, does not teach me to count my acts, but Our Lord loves you and to do everything for love, to re- Lord grant that I might loves you tenderly; and if fuse Him nothing, to be pleased not so much seek to be He does not let you feel the when He gives me a chance to loved as to love sweetness of His love, it is prove to Him that I love Him— to make you more humble but all this in peace— St Francis of Assisi and abject in your own in abandonment eyes.

St Therese of Lisieux St Pio of Pietrelcino

What a weakness is to love Jesus We must love our neigh- Christ only when He caresses us, bour as being made in Love to be real, it must and to be cold immediately once the image of God and as cost—it must hurt—it He afflicts us. This is not true love. an object of His love must empty us of self Those who love thus, love them- selves too much to love God with St Vincent de Paul Mother Teresa all their heart

St Margaret Mary Alacoque

Everything comes from love, all The Eucharist is the Sac- Charity is the sweet and holy is ordained for the salvation of rament of Love; it signi- bond which links the soul with man, God does nothing without fies Love, It produces its creator: it binds God with this goal in mind. love. The Eucharist is the man and man with God consummation of the St whole spiritual life St Catherine of Siena

St Thomas of Aquinas

What is the mark of love for your neighbour? Not to seek You learn to speak by speaking, to Everything comes from what is for your won benefit, study by studying, to run by run- love, all is ordained for the but what is for the benefit of the ning, to work by working, and just salvation of man, God does one loved, both in body and in so, you learn to love by loving. All nothing without this goal in soul those who think to learn in any mind other way deceive themselves. St Basil the Great St Catherine of Siena St

We cannot all do great Merit consists in the virtue of love One must see God in things, but we can all do alone, flavoured with the light of everyone small things with great true discretion without which the love soul is worth nothing

St Catherine Laboure Blessed Mother Teresa St Catherine of Siena

There is no place for self- Intense love does not ishness and no place for measure...... The person who does not decide fear! Do not be afraid, It just gives then, when love makes to love forever will find it very

demands. Do not be difficult to really love for even Blessed Mother Teresa afraid when love requires one day. sacrifice Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II

Real love is demanding. I would fail in my mission if I did not tell Love is the most necessary of all If love is spoken by some- you so. Love demands a virtues. one who is filled with the personal commitment to the will fire of charity—the fire of of God. God and neighbour—it will work wonders. Pope John Paul II St Anthony Mary Claret St Anthony Mary Claret

God loves each of us as if It is not so essential to think much Since love grows within there were only one of us as to love much you, so beauty grows.

For love in the beauty of

the soul St Teresa of Jesus St Augustine St Augustine

To be taken with love for Always remember to love A soul enkindled with love is a a soul, God does not look your neighbour; always prefer gentle, meek, humble and pa- on its greatness, but the the one who tries your tient soul. greatness of its humility. patience, who test your Virtues because with her you St St John of the Cross can always merit: suffering is Love; Law is Love. Mary of Jesus Crucified

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off He alone loves the Creator per- You know well enough that fectly who manifests a pure love Our Lord does not look so St for his neighbour much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the St the Venerable love with which we do them. St Therese of Lisieux

Accustom yourself con- Love takes up where knowledge Lord, grant that I might tinually to make many leaves off not so much seek to be acts of love, for they

loved as to love enkindle and melt the St Thomas Aquinas soul. St Francis of Assisi St Teresa

Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is than falling Hope in His goodness and The world offers you comfort, in love in a quite absolute final redouble your confidence but you were not made for way. What you are in love with, in proportion as your comfort, you were made for what seizes your imagination will troubles greatness affect everything. Fall in love, increase. stay in love and it will decide Pope Benedict XVI St. Margaret Mary everything. Alacoque Fr Pedro Arrupe

Remember that when you leave A Christian who is pure is The Lord will fight for you. You this earth you can taken nothing upon earth is like a bird that have only to be still of what you have received, but is kept fastened down by a only what you have a given: a full string. Poor little bird! it only Exodus 14:14 heart, enriched by honest service, waits for the moment when love, sacrifice, and courage. the string is cut to fly away.

St Francis of Assisi St. Jean Marie Baptiste

Is there any one in the world Nothing is more practical I accept death willingly. He who has invoked thee, O Mary, than finding God, than who is guilty of high treason without having felt the benefit falling in love in a quite should die; I am guilty, there- of thy protection, which is absolute final way. What fore it is just that I die. After a promised to those who invoke you are in love with, what momentary suffering, divine thy mercy? seizes your imagination will mercy reserves for you endless affect everything. joy. St. Fr Pedro Arrupe St. Paul of the Cross

He who is humble easily obeys everyone, fears to A great means to preserve con- tinual peace and tranquillity of Mankind will not have offend anyone, is at peace with everyone, is kind with soul is to receive everything from peace until it turns with the hands of God, both great and trust to My mercy all. small, and in whatever way it St Thomas of Villanova comes St Faustina St Dorotheus

Who except God can give you Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a peace? Has the world ever been If we have no peace, it is because able to satisfy the heart calm spirit. Do not lose your we have forgotten that we belong inner peace for anything to each other St Gerard Majella whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset Blessed Mother Teresa St Francis de Sales

Keep your soul at peace, in order to be able to be atten- If you want to make peace, tive and very faithful to the Peace begins with a you don’t talk to your friends. inner movement of the Holy smile You talk to your enemies Spirit Blessed Mother Teresa St Peter Julian Eymard Blessed Mother Teresa

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be care- Be at peace with your own soul, She who desires peace ful to have it even more fully then heaven and earth will be at must see, suffer and be in your heart peace with you silent St Francis of Assisi St St Teresa Margaret

The servants of God....whether We must sometimes bear with little provoked by word or work, by defects in others, as we have, keeping themselves tranquil and against our will, to bear with She who is silent peaceful, evince a perfect natural defects in ourselves. If we everywhere finds nobelness of soul. wish to keep peace with our neigh- peace bour, we should never remind any-

St Thomas Aquinas one of his natural defects. St Teresa Margaret

St Philip Neri

Our souls may lose their peace Let us more and more insist on and even disturb other people’s, raising funds of love, of kind- if we are always criticizing trivial actions—which often are not real ness, of understanding, of All works of love are works of defects at all, but we construe peace. The rest will be given peace them wrongly through our

ignorance of their motives Blessed Mother Teresa Blessed Mother Teresa

St Teresa

When you are who you Let us not be justices of the Let us go forward in peace, our were made to be you will peace, but angels of the eyes upon heaven, the only one set the world ablaze peace. goal of our labours.

St Catherine of Sienna St Therese of Lisieux St Therese of Lisieux

The more a person loves God, the Our souls may lose their peace more reason he has to hope in and even disturb other people’s, Him. This hope produces in the if we are always criticizing trivial Saints and unutterable peace, Rejoice in hope, be actions—which often are not which they preserve even in adver- patient in suffering, real defects at all, but we con- sity, because as they love God, and persevere in prayer strue them wrongly through our know how beautiful He is to those

ignorance of their motives. who love Him, they place all their Romans 12:12 St Teresa confidence and find all their repose in Him alone St

Surely God is my Salvation; I Let us more and more insist on All works of love are works of trust. I shall not fear. For the raising funds of love, of kind- peace Lord is my strength and might, ness, of understanding, of he is my salvation. peace. The rest will be given. Blessed Mother Teresa

Isaiah 12:2 Blessed Mother Teresa

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by Preach always. Use What you are looking for is what running, to work by working; and words if necessary. is looking. just so, you learn to love by lov- ing. All those who think to learn St Francis of Assisi in any other way deceive them- St Francis of Assisi selves

St Francis of Assisi

Don’t you long to shout to those Start by doing what's youths who are bustling around To convert somebody necessary; then do what's you: Fools! Leave those worldly go take them by the possible; and suddenly you are things that shackle the heart—and hand and guide them doing the impossible. very often degrade it—leave all that

and come with us in search of St Thomas Aquinas St Francis of Assisi Love!

St Josemaria Escriva

Late have I loved you, O Beau- We always find those who The nation doesn’t simply need ty ever ancient, ever new, late walked closest to Christ were what we have. It needs what have I loved you! those who had to bear the we are. greatest trials. St Augustine St Teresia Benedicta St Teresa of Avila