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January 27
God grant that we may never have to refuse the poor…that I could never do.
January 26
I would like to tell you all the little cheering things that God permits to fall in our way.
January 25
Be careful never to make too many laws. If you draw the string too tight, it will break.
January 24
The garment that Catherine wore, that she handed on to us, is the mantle of justice.
January 23
Since there is very little good can be accomplished, or evil avoided, without the aid of money, we must look after it in small as well as in great matters.
January 22
Mercy not only bestows benefits, but receives us anew and pardons again and again.
January 21
Each day is a step we make towards eternity.
January 20
We seem to forget that God calls upon us to take up our cross, and that this cross must be composed of something.
January 19
Catherine's services for the Callaghans allowed her to feel her own sense of worth, and led her to make a valiant effort to develop that same sense in others.
January 18
Thus we may hope to get on, taking short, careful steps, not great strides.
January 17
The sight of the poor should fill us with compassion.
January 16
Just leave things to God. He knows what is best for us.
January 15
God has never bestowed all his blessings on one person. He did not give to St. Peter what he gave to St. Paul, nor to either what he gave to St. John.
January 14
Let us never desire more than enough.
January 13
Meditation... helps us to focus our attention and enables us to be connected to all that happens in our lives and in the World.
January 12
What gives significance and relevance to our lives is the quality of our attachment to the Lord.
January 11
Generosity of mind for the religious state ... is bestowing ourselves most freely and relying with unhesitating confidence on the Providence of God.