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Wednesday, Oct 30, 2019“Man does not create himself. He is intellect and will, but he is also nature, and his will is rightly ordered if he respects his nature, listens to it and accepts himself for who he is, as one who did not create himself.”
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1927 - present)
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2019“If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.”
Robert Brault
Free-lance writer and author.
(1938 - present)
Monday, Oct 28, 2019“The love we give away is the only love we keep.”
Elbert Green Hubbard
American writer, publisher, artist and philosopher.
(1856 - 1915)
Friday, Oct 25, 2019“Those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.”
Blessed Alcuin of York
Benedictine scholar, deacon, poet and teacher.
(735 AD - 804 AD)
Thursday, Oct 24, 2019“White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.”
William Paley
English clergyman and philosopher.
(1743 - 1805)
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019“Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.”
Benjamin Franklin
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
(1706 - 1790)
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2019“If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.”
Baron de Montesquieu
French judge, man of letters and political philosopher.
(1689 - 1755)
Monday, Oct 21, 2019“Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light.”
Saint Vincent de Paul
Patron saint of charitable societies. Spent two years in slavery after being taken captive by Barbary pirates.
(1581 - 1660)
Friday, Oct 18, 2019“You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke...”
Saint Angela Merici
Italian religious educator and founder of the Company of Saint Ursula.
(1474 - 1540)
Wednesday, Oct 16, 2019“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nobel laureate, Baptist minister and civil rights leader.
(1929 - 1968)
Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019“The more a man uses moderation in his life, the more he is at peace, for he is not full of cares for many things.”
Saint Anthony the Great
Egyptian Christian monk.
(251AD - 356AD)
Monday, Oct 14, 2019“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer and statesman.
(1749 - 1832)
Friday, Oct 11, 2019“Here is a rule for everyday life: Do not do anything which you cannot offer to God.”
Saint John Vianney, T.O.S.F. (aka "Curé d'Ars")
French parish priest and patron saint of parish priests.
(1786 - 1859)
Thursday, Oct 10, 2019“Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.”
Fred M. Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers)
Television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer and Presbyterian minister.
(1928 - 2003)
Wednesday, Oct 09, 2019“If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. ”
Anatole France
French poet, journalist and novelist.
(1844 - 1924)
Tuesday, Oct 08, 2019“The scars of others should teach us caution.”
Saint Jerome
Priest, theologian and historian.
(347 AD - 420 AD)
Monday, Oct 07, 2019“I say to my children, the reason that marriage - and having children - is so important is that it stops you thinking about yourself. The way to happiness is to give yourself to others and to think of others before you think of yourself.”
Sir Michael Terence Wogan KBE DL
Irish radio and television broadcaster.
(1938 - 2016)
Friday, Oct 04, 2019“The stillness of prayer is the most essential condition for fruitful action. Before all else, the disciple kneels down.”
Saint Gianna Molla
Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who refused both an abortion and a hysterectomy when she became ill while pregnant with her fourth child, as a result she died shortly after the birth of her daughter. Her husband and daughter were present at her canonization. The first time in the history of the Church that a husband witnessed his wife's canonization.
(1922 - 1962)
Thursday, Oct 03, 2019“Natural Liberty does not consist in an exemption from the obligations of morality and the duties of truth, righteousness and kindness to our fellow men...Our natural rights are bounded and determined by the law of nature.”
Moses Hemmenway, DD
American clergyman.
(1735 - 1811)
Wednesday, Oct 02, 2019“No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor to pray.”
Loretta Young
American actress.
(1913 - 2000)
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2019“Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day.”
Mathew (Mattie) Stepanek
American poet, peacemaker and philosopher who played.
(1990 - 2004)
