Finding Joy in the day, Day 332 (Year 2)

Adult coloring books

'Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength.'

St. Catherine of Siena

Finding Joy in the day, Day 331 (Year 2)

Church sacraments

'If only a child profits by my teachings, my trouble and my time will seem to me well spent.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 330 (Year 2)

Getting a little extra cash to do a research study

'Should there be no lurking evils in a house where peace and tranquility reign, it is all that can be desired, it is everything.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 329 (Year 2)

Mom and dad visit

'The Providence of God is never wanting to him who confides in God as he ought.'

St. Benedict Joseph Labre

Finding Joy in the day, Day 328 (Year 2)

Massage

'Pray in peace and serenity, sing intelligently and in a good state - and you will be like a young eagle soaring high in the sky.'

St. Nilus of Sinai

Finding Joy in the day, Day 327 (Year 2)

A break today

'Love, glory and praise be forever to the Heart of our adorable Saviour, for It is all love, all loving and all lovable!'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 326 (Year 2)

Content babies

'The Lord has said: "But I say unto you, you shall not lust." How then can he live according to God's will who surrenders himself to every desire?'

St. Clement of Alexandria

Finding Joy in the day, Day 325 (Year 2)

Sleeping at night

'To be a faithful lover of Jesus Christ her spouse, and to preserve unsullied the lily of her purity, a virgin must adopt the necessary means. The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Finding joy in the day, Day 324 (Year 2)

some sleep
brand new babies

'Virginity is the flower of the seed of the Church, beauty and adornment of spiritual grace, a glad joy of laud and honour, work entire and incorrupt, image of God, and yet more noble as to the holiness of God and portion of the flock of Jesus Christ.'

St. Cyprian of Carthage

Finding Joy in the day, Day 323 (Year 2)

Newborn cries

'An illumined intellect brings forth words of wisdom; a pure soul cultivates godlike thoughts.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 322 (Year 2)

Lots of prayers from others

'Since, in His mercy, He has consecrated me to His love and to His glory, I care not in what manner He treats me. Provided He is satisfied, I am content. Whether He raises me up or casts me down, consoles or afflicts me, it is all the same to me, as long as His good pleasure is fulfilled.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 321 (Year 2)

Free car wash

'The end of the upright life that we live is the blessedness of heaven. For this reason one of the tasks that falls to the king is to attend to the upright life of the multitude so that they my attain heavenly beatitude. He does this by ordering those things that lead to the blessedness of heaven and by prohibiting, as much as possible, those things that are contrary to its realization.'

St. Thomas Aquinas

Finding Joy in the day, Day 320 (Year 2)

FaceTime with my adorable nephew

'Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading.'

St. Isidore of Seville

Finding Joy in the day, Day 319 (Year 2)

Good get together

'As often as, for love of Me, you suffer reproach, so often will I strengthen you and bear you up, so that nothing may be an obstacle between your soul and Me. And I will add to your merit what the person admonished would have gained by submitting humbly to your advice.'

The Lord, to St. Gertrude the Great

Finding Joy in the day, Day 318 (Year 2)

Interesting meet at Mass last night 

'Yesterday, our old St. Francis of Assisi was more poetical than ever, in the midst of his tears and of his bursts of love. Speaking of the soul of man, which ought to aspire to God alone, he cried out, "Does the fish seek the trees and the fields? No; it darts through the water. Does the bird remain on the earth? No; it flies in the air. . . And man, who is created to love God, to possess God, to contain God, what will he do with all the powers that have been given to him for that end?"'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

Finding Joy in the day, Day 317 (Year 2)

Mass and confession
A garage to park in

'God measures His love for a soul by the degree of union which exists between it and Himself, and which makes of it an apt instrument for His designs.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 316 (Year 2)

Good friends

'When you have not the means of helping your neighbor, recommend him fervently to God, Whose sovereign dominion holds all creatures in His hand. Counsels gently given heal every wound, but given with asperity only serve to aggravate it tenfold.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 315 (Year 2)

Coffee with sis

'As for me, I cannot understand how it is possible not to be always thinking of God.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 314 (Year 2)

Massage

"Those who sincerely say ‘Jesus, I trust in You’ will find comfort in all their anxieties and fears."

-St. John Paul II

Finding Joy in the day, Day 313 (Year 2)

Trip to Costco

'I, Who govern thee, am He to Whom thou must be wholly abandoned, without any care or thought of thyself, since My help will only fail thee when My Heart fails in power.'

The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 312 (Year 2)

Waking up on time
A car with a good starter

'Meditate in pure faith; spend not your time in vain imaginings.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 311 (Year 2)

Photo fun
New packer shirt

'Let us take refuge in the Wound of the Sacred Side like a poor traveller, who seeks a safe harbor in which to shelter from the rocks and tempests of the stormy sea of this life, for here below we are continually exposed to shipwreck, unless we have the help of our all-wise Pilot.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 310 (Year 2)

Momma and Daddio visiting me

'My doctrine is not Mine, but of Him that sent Me.'

John 7:16

Finding Joy in the day, Day 309 (Year 2)

Exciting thrift store find
Beautiful snow

'Happy is the youth, because he has time before him to do good.'

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 308 (Year 2)

FaceTime chat
New coffee shop

'The things that immediately concern the glory of God are very different from those of the world, for which much activity is necessary; as regards the things of God, we must be content to follow His inspirations and leave grace to act, cooperating wholeheartedly with its movements.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 307 (Year 2)

Merciful people

'Sloth is there every time one begins something, and there is no worse passion, but if a man recognizes it for what it is, he will gain peace.'

St. Poemen

Finding Joy in the day, Day 306 (Year 2)

Getting to Mass on time

'Just as men take pride in having others wear their livery, so the Most Holy Mary is pleased when her servants wear her scapular as a mark that they have dedicated themselves to her service, and are members of the family of the Mother of God.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Finding Joy in the day, Day 305 (Year 2)

Getting to Mass

'Do not rebuke a forceful man for arrogance, but point out to him the danger of dishonor; if he has any sense he will accept this kind of rebuke.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 304 (Year 2) Feast of the Epiphany 2016

A warm bed and a safe place

'Being all members of the same body, with the same head, who is Christ, it is proper that we should have in common the same joys and sorrows.'

Ven. Louis de Granada

Finding Joy in the day, Day 303 (Year 2)

Spending a few days with a great friend

'Do not say that a dispassionate man cannot suffer affliction; for even if he does not suffer on his own account, he is under a liability to do so for his neighbor.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 302 (Year 2) Jan 1, 2016 Feast Day of Mary Mother of God

Super soft and warm cozy bed

'You well know that I preferred his company to all the delights of the world. But since it has pleased You to take him from me, I accept Your will completely.'

St. Elizabeth, (on the death of her husband)