Finding Joy in the day, Day 180 (Year 3)

A nice visitor

'Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you.'

St. Augustine

Finding Joy in the day, Day 179 (Year 3)

Card in the mail

'Love the greatest sinners; love them for the little faith they still have, or if they have none, love them for their past virtues;'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 178 (Year 3)

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'The first renunciation is that of material things, the second that of the passions, the third that of ignorance.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 177 (Year 3) Feast of St. Augustine

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'Put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practice our religion.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Finding Joy in the day, Day 176 (Year 3) Feast of St. Monica

A chat with daddio

'As the branch separated from the roots soon loses all life and verdure, so it is with good works which are not united with charity.'

Pope St. Gregory the Great

Finding Joy in the day, Day 175 (Year 3)

Friend and family support

'Knowledge of created things helps a man at a time of temptation and listlessness; but at a time of pure prayer it is usually harmful.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 174 (Year 3)

A little time out of the house

'Long, as the stag panting for the waters, to have your will broken, and regard that day as lost on which you have not subjected your will to that of another.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 173 (Year 3)

Connecting over the phone

'The mercy of God is hidden in sufferings not of our choice; and if we accept such sufferings patiently, they bring us to repentance and deliver us from everlasting punishment.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 172 (Year 3)

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'I see now, that true charity consists in bearing with the faults of those about us, never being surprised at their weaknesses, but edified at the least sign of virtue. I see above all that charity must not remain hidden in the bottom of our hearts: "nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house." It seems to me that this lamp is the symbol of charity; it must shine out not only to cheer those we love best but all in the house.'

St. Therese of Lisieux

Finding Joy in the day, Day 171 (Year 3)

Safe arrival

'Let us so live that we may be admitted with profit to frequent and even daily Communion; in a word, let us perfect ourselves in order to receive Communion worthily and let us live with a constant view to Communion.'

St. Peter Julian Eymard

Finding Joy in the day, Day 170 (Year 3)

Talking to momma on the phone

'The continual remembrance of the presence of God engenders in the soul a divine state.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 169 (Year 3)

Trying a new recipe

'Let us have no further reserve with Him; let us abandon to Him all that we are, without anxiety about the future, not reflecting on ourselves and our incapacity.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 168 (Year 3)

Getting a parking spot at Mass

'Do thou, therefore, apply thyself unweariedly to the pursuit of holiness, lest thou cease to be the temple of God.'

St. Anselm of Canterbury

Finding Joy in the day, Day 167 (Year 3)

Able to get to Mass

'Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 166 (Year 3)

Seeing my sister

'If you wish to pray well, be faithful in the practice of mortification, avoid dissipation of mind during the day, and never commit any willful faults.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 165 (Year 3)

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'Brethren and fathers, now that we have fasted for the first week we appear to each other somewhat different to what we were, leaner and paler. But even if our outward nature is wasting away, as the Apostle says, the inner is being renewed day by day. For what it is to see a body healthy-looking and sleek through pleasure; this it is to understand what follows for the soul through self-mastery, so that by humbling the body we shall bring about the beauty of the soul. . .'

St. Theodore the Studite

Finding Joy in the day, Day 164 (Year 3) Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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'It behooves us unanimously and inviolably to observe the ecclesiastical traditions, whether codified or simply retained by the customary practice of the Church.'

St. Peter Canisius

Finding Joy in the day, Day 163 (Year 3)

Friend date

'Knowledge of created beings is one thing, and knowledge of the divine truth is another. The second surpasses the first just as the sun outshines the moon.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 162 (Year 3)

An afternoon outing

'Be diligent in serving the poor. Love the poor, honour them, my children, as you would honor Christ Himself.'

St. Louise de Marillac

Finding Joy in the day, Day 161 (Year 3)

Packer game

'It should be enough for us to follow blindly His most Holy Will.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 160 (Year 3) Feast Day of St. Clare

Oil change and tire rotation out of the way

'I abyss myself in His magnificence and His wisdom but when I ponder His goodness, my heart can say nothing - I can only Adore.'

St. Teresa of the Andes

Finding Joy in the day, Day 159 (Year 3) St. Lawrence

Sleeping in my own bed

'It is for this reason that I wish you to be diligent in the study of your own nothingness, that this nothingness may be absorbed, so to speak, in the immensity of God, Who is all.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 158 (Year 3) Feast of St. Edith Stein

Safe travels 

"When night comes, and retrospect shows that everything was patchwork and much that one had planned left undone, when so many things rouse shame and regret, then take all as is, lay it in God's hands, and offer it up to Him. In this way we will be able to rest in Him, actually to rest and to begin the new day like a new life." - St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 157 (Year 3)

Seeing sister and nephew

'In the morning, we must do like the little child in its cradle. The moment it opens its eyes, it looks round the house for its mother. When it sees her, it begins to smile; if it does not see her, it cries.'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

Finding Joy in the day, Day 156 (Year 3)

Seeing my nieces and nephews

'Be diligent in serving the poor. Love the poor, honour them, my children, as you would honor Christ Himself.'

St. Louise de Marillac

Finding Joy in the day, Day 155 (Year 3) Feast of the Transfiguration

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'The most important thing upon which to concentrate in order to mortify it and eradicate it entirely is our predominant passion, that is, that affection, desire, inclination, vice or bad habit which drags us down and most frequently causes us to fall into sin. Once this king of our faults has been conquered, the battle will be won.'

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

Finding Joy in the day, Day 154 (Year 3) Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica

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'I also intend that, as I tell the sweet memory of the saints of the past in their books, each creature ought to make itself praiseworthy in its creator through the manifestation of the divine Providence conferred upon it by the divine Creator. In this, one will know globally the infinite charity of our Lord God when, through his mercy, he deigns to help and conserve his creation each day, keeping it safe amid accidents and frequent dangers.'

St. Catherine of Bologna

Finding Joy in the day, Day 153 (Year 3)

Getting to leave early

'If, as Scripture teaches, everything involuntary has its cause in what is voluntary, man has no greater enemy than himself.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 152 (Year 3)

Holding a brand new baby

'If you make a habit of listening to spiritual teaching, your intellect will escape from impure thoughts.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 151 (Year 3)

Making it to Mass today

'Our Lord loves you and wishes to see you advance with great speed in the way of His love, however crucifying to nature. Therefore, do not bargain with Him, but give Him all, and you will find all in His divine Heart.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 150 (Year 3)

Getting out of the house on time

'Bear patiently the little vexations caused by your neighbor's being of a disposition contrary to your own; do not show your resentment, for that displeases the Sacred Heart of Jesus.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque