Finding Joy in the day, Day 269 (Year 2)

Pretty white snow and not having to go out in it

'The keeping of God's commandments generates dispassion; the soul's dispassion preserves spiritual knowledge.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 268 (Year 2)

Icebreakers mints
Cinnamon orbit

'The thought of Friday is suggestive of reflections so sad as to make one that truly loves sorrowful unto death; for was it not on that day that my Incarnate God suffered for me, even to immolating Himself for me, on the infamous gibbet of the cross?'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 267 (Year 2)

Sweet lil pictures of my nephew bringing me joy

'A bow breaks if it is bent too much, but the soul is lost if it relaxes itself.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 266 (Year 2)

Caribou Coffee

'He who wishes to be perfectly obeyed, should give but few orders.'

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 265 (Year 2) Happy Thanksgiving 2015

I am thankful for the wonderful support of family and friends, for all the lovely Birthday greetings!!!!!! I love you my family and friends, thank you for the gift you are to me!

Sing and make Music to the Lord in your hearts, always thanking God the Father for all things in the name of Jesus Eph 5:19-20

Finding Joy in the day, Day 264 (Year 2) Happy Birthday

Birthday wishes

'Steadfast faith is a strong tower; and for one who has faith Christ comes to be all.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 263 (Year 2)

Birthday cards in the mail

'In seeking for counsel it is necessary sometimes to hear what our inferiors think, and to recommend ourselves to their prayers.'

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 262 (Year 2)

Package from my sister

'You must strive with all possible care to please God in such a manner as neither to do nor behold anything, without first consulting Him, and in everything to seek Him alone and His glory.'

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

Finding Joy in the day, Day 261 (Year 2)

Packer win in MN
Friend visit

'O blissful penance, which has purchased for me so great a reward!'

St. Peter of Alcantara, to St. Teresa of Jesus, appearing to her after his death

Finding Joy in the day, Day 260 (Year 2)

Cute new nephew video bright and early in the a.m.

'Whether we think, speak or act in a good or an evil manner depends upon whether we cleave inwardly to virtue or to vice.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 259 (year 2)

A brand new nephew whose super cute

'The prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of the sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. This has great worth when it is motivated by the imitation of how much Our Lord suffered for us, and by penance for our sins.'

St. Charles of Sezze

Finding Joy in the day, Day 258 (Year 2)

New member joining our family

'There are three things that impel us towards what is holy: natural instincts, angelic powers and probity of intention. Natural instincts impel us when, for example, we do to others what we would wish them to do to us (cf. Luke 6:31), or when we see someone suffering deprivation or in need and naturally feel compassion. Angelic powers impel us when, being ourselves impelled to something worthwhile, we find we are providentially helped and guided. We are impelled by probity of intention when, discriminating between good and evil, we choose the good.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

Finding Joy in the day, Day 257 (Year 2)

Seeing birds of prey
Friend support

'It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We must triumph!'

St. Padre Pio

Finding Joy in the day, Day 256 (Year 2)

Little bird greeting

'I have converted by this means the most hardened sinners, and so sincere was their repentance that, when I afterwards heard their confessions, I could no longer find in them sufficient matter for absolution. So remarkable a change came about because they were faithful to the advice I had given them to meditate on the sufferings of Our Lord Jesus Christ.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 255 (Year 2)

Trip to Patina
Seeing an unexpected friend

'Without prayer we have neither light nor strength to advance in the way which leads to God.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Finding Joy in the day, Day 254 (Year 2)

kindness form my dad

'I constitute thee heiress of My Heart and of all Its treasures, for time and for eternity, allowing thee to dispose of them according to thy desire; and I promise thee that My assistance will not fail thee, as long as My heart fails not in power. Thou shall be forever Its beloved disciple.'

The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 253 (Year 2)

Cinnamon gum
Snail mail

'When the devil again tempts you to sin, telling you that God is merciful, remember that the Lord showeth mercy to them that fear Him, but not to them who despise Him.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Finding Joy in the day, Day 252 (Year 2)

Visiting with a friend over tea

'Hence, if we wish to engage lawfully in the struggle of the spiritual contest, we must with no less foresight cure this disease as well. For "as a moth with a garment and a worm with wood, so sadness does harm to a man's heart;" [Proverbs 15:20] Quite clearly and appositely has the divine Spirit expressed the force of this hurtful and pernicious vice.'

St. John Cassian

Finding Joy in the day, Day 251 (Year 2)

Card in the mail

'You do wrong to complain of your crosses and sufferings. Believe me, you know not what it is to suffer. God preserve you from suffering even one day what has been endured by a certain soul, whose name I must not disclose!'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 250 (Year 2)

Lovely card

'Our self-love is so subtle, at times it makes us believe that we are seeking God, because we are so much attached to the things of His service, that we feel some annoyance when obliged to leave them. This is because we seek our own satisfaction rather than God; a heart that wishes for Him alone, finds Him everywhere.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 249 (Year 2)

Visiting with a friend

Trip to Barnes and Noble 

'When you observe some thought suggesting that you seek human fame, you can be sure it will bring you disgrace.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 248 (Year 2)

Blessings of prayers from friends

'Created free and called to freedom (cf. Gal. 5:13), do not be enslaved by impure passions.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 247 (Year 2)

Safe sunny drive

'Again I say, do not worry over your faults, but when you have committed any, say quite trustfully to the all-loving Heart of Jesus: "O my only Love, pay for Thy poor slave and repair the evil that I have just done."'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 246 (Year 2)

Coffee date with mom

Packer pants

'. . . most men turn their backs upon crosses, and fly before them. They more they run, the more the cross pursues them, the more it strikes and crushes them with burdens. . . If you were wise, you would go to meet it like St. Andrew, who said, when he saw the cross prepared for him and raised up into the air, "Hail, O good cross! O admirable cross! O desirable cross! receive me into thy arms, withdraw me from among men, and restore me to my Master, who redeemed me through thee."'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

Finding Joy in the day, Day 245 (Year 2)

Oil change coupon

'Offer to the eternal Father the precious blood of His only Son in propitiation for my ingratitude, and to obtain for me the grace to do His will. If this work be not for His glory, may He bring it to naught, and grant me time and an asylum, in order to do penance for and weep over my sins.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 244 (Year 2)

Seeing a bald eagle flying overhead yesterday
Getting my car washed and vacuumed before the cold sets in

'You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.'

St. Therese of Lisieux

Finding Joy in the day, Day 243 (Year 2)

Sunny and 60s in November

'I must be burnt alive.'

St. Polycarp of Smyrna

Finding Joy in the day, Day 242 (Year 2)

Errands done
Guatemalan coffee bean find

'Every day you provide your bodies with good to keep them from failing. In the same way your good works should be the daily nourishment of your hearts. Your bodies are fed with food and your spirits with good works. You aren't to deny your soul, which is going to live forever, what you grant to your body, which is going to die.'

Pope St. Gregory the Great

Finding Joy in the day, Day 241 (Year 2)

Above 70 in November
Clear starry night

'It is impossible for us who have fallen into the pit of iniquities ever to be drawn out of it, unless we sink into the abyss of the humility of the repentant.'

St. John Climacus

Finding Joy in the day, Day 240 (Year 2) All Souls Day

Gorgeous temperatures for November

'Yes, my dear bretheren, we shall see at the Judgement that the largest section of Christians practiced a religion of whim or caprice only -- that is to say, the greatest number of them practiced their religion merely from motives of routine, and very few sought God alone in what they did.'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

Finding Joy in the day, Day 239 (Year 2)

Great visiting with a wonderful friend! Love you J

'Let us submit to the orders of our Sovereign Master, and confess that -- in spite of all that seems harsh and distressing -- He is good and just in all He does and that He has a right at all times to our praise and love.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque