Finding Joy in the day, Day 91 (Year 4)

Getting my dress ordered

'He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.'

1 John 2:6

Finding Joy in the day, Day 90 (Year 4)

Spending the afternoon seeing two good friends

'Worldly virtues promote human glory, spiritual virtues the glory of God.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 89 (Year 4)

Farmers market

'A man should not so attach himself to the means as to forget the end; neither must we give ourselves so much to mortify the flesh as to forget to mortify the brain, which is the chief thing after all.'

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 88 (Year 4)

Seeing my friends in MN

'Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.'

St. Thomas Aquinas

Finding Joy in the day, Day 87 (Year 4)

Talking to mom

'It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.'

St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Finding Joy in the day, Day 86 (Year 4)

Getting some new jeans

'When harmed, insulted or persecuted by someone, do not think of the present but wait for the future, and you will find he has brought you much good, not only in this life but also in the life to come.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 85 (Year 4)

Hanging out at my old place

'It seems to me that the happiness of a soul consists entirely in conforming to the most adorable Will of God; for in so doing the heart finds peace and the spirit joy and repose, since he "who is joined to the Lord in one spirit" with Him. (1 Cor. 6:17).'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 84 (Year 4)

Sun and warmth

'It seems to me that the happiness of a soul consists entirely in conforming to the most adorable Will of God; for in so doing the heart finds peace and the spirit joy and repose, since he "who is joined to the Lord in one spirit" with Him. (1 Cor. 6:17).'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 83 (Year 4) Feast of St. Rita

Getting my mail

'One or two loving words may cause the soul to become enraptured, languishing, fainting of love and sorrow.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 82 (Year 4)

Safe drive

'I resolve to foster fraternal charity in myself and in others. Therefore I resolve to take care never to say an unkind word. I resolve to bear up patiently with the defects and weaknesses of others, and as far as possible to hide them with the mantle of charity unless I am in duty bound to manifest them to someone who is in a position to correct them.'

St. Conrad of Parzham, resolutions in the novitiate

Finding Joy in the day, Day 81 (Year 4)

Help from Dad

'The love of creatures is as poison in your heart and destroys the love of Jesus Christ. If you seek the esteem of creatures and try to insinuate yourself into their good graces, you will lose those of the Sacred Heart. You will be deprived of Its treasures in proportion as you enrich yourself with created things.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 80 (Year 4)

Getting some paperwork finished

'Firmly control anger and desire, and you will speedily rid yourself of evil thoughts.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 79 (Year 4)

Not needing to get the part replaced on my car

'We should only make use of life to grow in the love of God.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Finding Joy in the day, Day 78 (Year 4)

Fitting my car into the shop

'My daily Mass and Communion is my only hope and resource.'

St. Claude de la Colombiere

Finding Joy in the day, Day 77 (Year 4)

My computer restarting

'Forget your own interests and leave the care of yourself to your heavenly Father. The further you withdraw from self, the closer you draw to God.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 76 (Year 4)

Seeing my friend at my favorite coffee joint

'I am attacked on all sides, yet I will not fear, for I keep myself strongly entrenched in my secure fortress -- the Sacred Heart of my divine Master. Like a wise leader He deals out to me just strength sufficient for each occasion.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 75 (Year 4)

Communion and confession

'In all annoying occurrences say, "May the holy and amiable will of God be done," or else, in the words of the Gospel, "I am come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me" (John vi. 38.) "My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me." (John iv. 34.)'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 73 (Year 4) Mother's Day 2017

Seeing my mom on Mother's day

'Let us trust in him who has placed this burden upon us. What we ourselves cannot bear let us bear with the help of Christ. For he is all-powerful, and he tells us: "My yoke is easy, and my burden light."'

St. Boniface

Finding Joy in the day, Day 71 (Year 4)

Messaging a friend again

'He who truly loves his neighbor and can not efficaciously assist him, should strive at least to relieve and help him by his prayers.'

St. Teresa of Jesus

Finding Joy in the day, Day 72 (Year 4)

A garage sale close by

'When we go into the garden, it is not to gather the leaves, but the fruits; so in the sacred garden of prayer we ought not to amuse ourselves with the leaves of sentiment and sensible consolation, but rather reap the fruits of the virtues of Jesus.'

St. Paul of the Cross

'Let every one stay at home, that is, within himself, and sit in judgment on his own actions, without going abroad to investigate and criticise those of others.'

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 70 (Year 4)

Seeing my niece and nephew!

'Put me as a seal upon thy heart.

Put upon thy heart the image of me crucified; which means to say, consider my example and the pains which I have suffered for thee, and so shalt thou bear all crosses in peace.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'God is our light. The farther the soul strays away from God, the deeper it goes into darkness.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'Be despoiled of everything and the Sacred Heart of Jesus will enrich you. Empty your heart of everything and He will compensate you. Forget and abandon yourself.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 69 (Year 4)

Picked up from a friend

'Strive ever to have a loving and filial fear, which will lead you to do good and avoid evil, rejecting all other fears, for they only come from the spirit of darkness.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 68 (Year 4)

Talking to my friend for a while

'Let him who finds himself desolate remember how strong he is by grace, which is sufficient to enable him to overcome all his enemies, and that he should take courage in his Lord and Creator.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 67 (Year 4)

Talking to my old therapist

'Bernard admonished Pope Eugene not to omit meditation on account of external affairs; and added, that he who gives up mental prayer may fall into hardness of heart, which will destroy all remorse for his faults, so that after having committed them he shall feel no hatred for them.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Finding Joy in the day, Day 66 (Year 4)

A new game

'What we do for ourselves during life is more certain than all the good we expect others to do for us after death.'

Pope St. Gregory the Great

'This divine Heart experienced all the interior sufferings of the cruel torment of the Cross, and for this reason God wishes It to be honored by a special worship, in order that mankind may thereby atone by their love and homage, for the bitterness and anguish caused by their offences.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 65 (Year 4)

Seeing my friend

'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 64 (Year 4)

Priest visit

'I was greatly consoled by the pleasure you gave our Lord in embracing His cross with joy and submission. It is true that He covered it entirely with roses, lest it should frighten you. But it is not so much in this that you should rejoice, but rather that you feel the pricks of the thorns hidden beneath.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 63 (Year 4)

The smell of vanilla

'To him who truly loves God, nothing more displeasing can happen than the lack of occasion to suffer for Him.'

St. Philip Neri

'In my opinion, you ought not lay so much stress on your little trials, your spiritual darkness and dryness. When we truly and sincerely love God, we regard as little that which we suffer for our divine Lover.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 62 (Year 4)

Looking forward to a visit

'Union, intimate union with Jesus, heart to heart with Jesus like Saint John, in purity and in love.'

St. Bernadette Soubirous

Finding Joy in the day, Day 61 (Year 4)

Good talk with a friend

'When God bestows His favors on you, keep your secret to yourself, according to the advice of the prophet Isaias: "My secret to myself, my secret to myself" (Isaias xxiv. 16), and seize every occasion to humble yourself.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 60 (Year 4)

Seeing dad, sister, and friend

'O Immaculate Mary! O glorious Saint Joseph! And you, Saint John, beloved disciple of the Divine Heart, teach me the great science of love! May it draw me powerfully! May I soar at last, may I take flight and hasten to lose myself, unite myself and disappear with you in the adorable heart of Jesus, and Jesus Crucified, the divine heart of Charity, purity, self-denial and perfect submission.'

St. Bernadette Soubirous

Finding Joy in the day, Day 59 (Year 4)

Seeing visitors

'God has deigned to make me pass through many types of trials. I have suffered very much since I was on earth, but if in my childhood I suffered with sadness, it is no longer in this way that I suffer. It is with joy and peace.'

St. Therese of Lisieux