The best way to show gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy. - St. Teresa of Calcutta https://catholic-link.org/be-thankful-for-suffering-existence-god/ https://catholic-link.org/saint-quotes-on-suffering/ *Amazon Affiliate links...
Grant me, O Lord My God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you.- St. Thomas Aquinas Amen....
An All Souls Day Prayer | Litany For The Holy Souls In Purgatory O Jesus, Thou suffered and died that all mankind might be saved and brought to eternal happiness. Hear our pleas for further mercy on the souls of: My dear parents and grandparents,My brothers...
Based on 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:8a Lord, love is patient.Give to the mother who is tempted to abort her child the patience to endure the suffering that will bring forth new life.Lord, love is kind.Give to the new father whose friends tell him to abort his child the...
May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you....
"It’s ironic that people chase after love yet forget or ignore the fact that Love (God) is chasing after them. Let yourself be found." - Leah Darrow (This is an Amazon Affiliate Link. Your purchase will help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no additional cost to you!...
How great is the power of Prayer! One could call it a Queen who has at each instant free access to the King and who is able to obtain whatever she asks. To be heard it is not necessary to read from a book some beautiful formula composed for the occasion. If this were...
It is a little child with tears in its eyes looking up at Daddy and weeping, "Why?" This is not merely the philosophers' "why?" Not only does it add the emotion of tears but also it is asked in the context of relationship. It is a question put to the Father, not a...
Do not be ashamed to enter again into the Church. Be ashamed when you sin. Do not be ashamed when you repent. Pay attention to what the devil did to you. These are two things: sin and repentance. Sin is a wound; repentance is a medicine. Just as there are for the body...
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.St. Thomas Aquinas *Amazon Affiliate links help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no additional cost to you! Thank you!
All that the Father is, we see revealed in the Son; all that is the Son’s is the Father's also; for the whole Son dwells in the Father, and he has the whole Father dwelling in himself… The Son who exists always in the Father can never be separated from him, nor can...
Without the burden of afflictions, it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.St. Rose
No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we have found it. The real conflict is the inner conflict. Beyond armies of occupation and the hetacombs of extermination camps, there are two irreconcilable...
If obedience sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans and that He will keep you in inward tasks and in outward ones, too.— St. Teresa of Avila
God is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night looks back and you see how fragmentary everything has...
There are three things, my brethren, by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at the door, fasting obtains, mercy receives. Prayer, mercy and fasting: these three are one, and they...
Pope Francis said of Mary Magdalene - “at the time of tears and abandonment, she hears the Risen Jesus who calls us by name, and with a heart full of joy goes to announce: I have seen the Lord!”- Pope Francis
If you do not know your own dignity and condition, you cannot value anything at its proper worth.- St. Bonaventure Photo by François, Claude
Precious Blood, ocean of divine mercy: Flow upon us! Precious Blood, most pure offering: Procure us every grace! Precious Blood, hope and refuge of sinners: Atone for us! Precious Blood, delight of holy souls: Draw us! Amen - St. Catherine of Siena
He loves, He hopes, He waits, Our Lord prefers to wait, Himself, for the sinner….rather than keep us waiting for an instant.- St. Maria Goretti *Amazon Affiliate links help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no additional cost to you! Thank...
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee,...
I will simply counsel every man and woman to beware of even the very least speck of pride, which seems to me to be the mere delight and liking of ourselves for anything whatsoever that either is in us or outwardly belongs to us. - St. Thomas More More St. Thomas More...
Photo by Valario Davis on Unsplash
The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. - St. Boniface More St. Boniface Resources *Amazon Affiliates help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no additional...
The word Rosary means "Crown of Roses" that is to say that every time people say the Rosary devoutly they place a crown of one hundred and fifty-three red roses and sixteen white roses upon the heads of Jesus and Mary. Being heavenly flowers these roses will never...