Finding Joy in the day, Day 344 (Year 4)

Meeting old/new people

'He who ignores discipline despises himself, but he who yields to correction gains understanding.'

Proverbs 15:32

Finding Joy in the day, Day 343 (Year 4)

A roof tonight

'He was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!'

Luke 15:32

Finding Joy in the day, Day 340 (Year 4)

Making progress on my book

'One of the most efficacious means of keeping ourselves chaste, is to have compassion for those who fall through their frailty, and never to boast in the least of being free, but with all humility to acknowledge that whatever we have is from the mercy of God.'

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 342 (Year 4)

Making some connections

'May He who inaugurates every good thing inaugurate all that you undertake, so that it may be done with His blessing.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 341 (Year 4)

Milder temperatures

'If you are in the depths of poverty, stripped of all and of self, go and lose yourself in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He will enrich you and will take delight in clothing you [with His own perfections] if you allow Him to act.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 339 (Year 4)

Seeing the sun

'Though the world could give you, in an instant, the most enticing thing of all that it offers, and let you see, at a glance, all the kingdoms of the earth, and all their glory, could you possess them beyond the short time of your life?'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 338 (Year 4)

White covered trees and heaps of pretty white snow

'It is a great achievement not to be attracted by things. But it is a far greater achievement to remain dispassionate in the face both of things and of the conceptual images we derive from them.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

Finding Joy in the day, Day 337 (Year 4)

Trying a new yogurt kind

'Prayer, pious reading, the frequentation of the sacraments, and, especially, the shunning of idleness, are the guardians of holy purity.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 336 (Year 4)

Less pain

'It seems to me that the great desire that our Lord has that His Sacred Heart should be honored by some particular worship is to renew in souls the effects of His Redemption.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 335 (Year 4)

Some understanding from others who love and know me

'The true peace of God, penetrating the depth of the soul, brings with it every help and grace necessary to secure its salvation and reach eternal life.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 334 (Year 4)

Pretty snow against pine trees

'It is necessary for me to meet abnegation and sacrifice in everything. We cannot accomplish any good while we indulge in self-seeking.'

St. Therese of Lisieux

Finding Joy in the day, Day 332 (Year 4)

Support from friends and repainting my nails

'I thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me, and I should end my days in prison. I see, however, that I am not worthy of such a grace.'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

'The true peace of God, penetrating the depth of the soul, brings with it every help and grace necessary to secure its salvation and reach eternal life.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 333 (Year 4)

Trying new things to numb my throat

'Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.'

St. Augustine

Finding Joy in the day, Day 331 (Year 4)

Suffering together

'Give up your own will and submit your judgment whenever you have the opportunity of so doing, for I think that this is very pleasing to God.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 330 (Year 4)

Finishing a book

'Pray and work.'
St. Benedict

Finding Joy in the day, Day 329 (Year 4)

Trying to do something different

'We must love God always, even when He sends us afflictions, looking up to God alone.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 328 (Year 4)

My friend IK

'A precious crown is reserved in Heaven for those who perform all their actions with all the diligence of which they are capable; for it is not sufficient to do our part well, it must be done more than well.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 327 (Year 4)

Making progress on my book

'God's way in dealing with those whom He intends to admit soonest after this life into the possession of His everlasting glory, is to purify them in this world by the greatest afflictions and trials.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 326 (Year 4)

Yummy tea

'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 325 (Year 4)

Making some art for someone else

'Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Finding Joy in the day, Day 324 (Year 4)

Getting to start a new book

'Jesus is the Christ, one of the Holy Trinity. You are destined to be His heir.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 323 (Year)

New toothbrushes

'We are not the masters of our bodies; God is; therefore we cannot all practice corporal mortification in the same degree.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola

Finding Joy in the day, Day 322 (Year 4)

Good news for my friend

'We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.'

St. Teresa of Jesus

Finding Joy in the day, Day 321 (Year 4)

Slowly making progress on the book I am trying to finish

'Perfection consists in renouncing ourselves, in carrying our cross, and in following Jesus Christ. Now, he who renounces himself most perfectly carries his cross the best and follows nearest to Jesus Christ is he who never does his own will, but always that of God.'
St. Vincent de Paul

Finding Joy in the day, Day 320 (Year 4)

Getting a surprise in the mail

'He is unworthy of divine contemplation who has not fought and conquered some great temptation.'
St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 319 (Year 4)

Seeing my friend after a long time not seeing

'Rely entirely on God with perfect confidence in His goodness, which never forsakes those who, distrusting themselves, hope in Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 318 (Year 4)

Talking to Dad a bit and communion

'Moderate fasting, vigils and psalmody are natural means for achieving a balance in the body's temperament.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Finding Joy in the day, Day 317 (Year 4)

Hoping to get out today

“There is no surer and clearer proof of love God then adversity”

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 314 (Year 4)

My parents being so great over the phone

'Ever keep the fire of charity burning on the altar of your heart.'

St. Paul of the Cross

Finding Joy in the day, Day 315 (Year 4)

Getting two hours more sleep then the morning

'I see more clearly than the day that a life without the love of Jesus Christ is the greatest of all miseries.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 316 (Year 4)

Having time in the wee morning hours to read

Scruples are an infirmity which will make a truce with a man, but very rarely peace; humility alone comes off conqueror over them.'

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 313 (Year 4)

Sharing special memories with others

'Let us learn here below to give God the confession of praise which we ought to hope to give Him in heaven above.'

St. Philip Neri

Finding Joy in the day, Day 312 (Year 4)

Looking forward to getting a new planner/notebook in mail soon- Thanks Mom and Dad

'May He teach you what He desires of you, and may He give you the strength to accomplish it perfectly! If I am not mistaken this, in a few words, is what I think He chiefly requires of you: He wishes that you should learn to live without support--without a friend--and without satisfaction. In proportion as you ponder over these words, He will help you to understand them.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 311 (Year 4)

Looking at fun pictures of my family

'My hope is in Christ, who strengthens the weakest by His Divine help. I can do all in Him who strengthens me. His Power is infinite, and if I lean on him, it will be mine. His Wisdom is infinite, and if I look to Him for counsel, I shall not be deceived. His Goodness is infinite, and if my trust is stayed in Him, I shall not be abandoned.'

Pope St. Pius X

Finding Joy in the day, Day 310 (Year 4)

To be in my own bed one night

'Pray persistently about everything, and then you will never do anything without God's help.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Finding Joy in the day, Day 309 (Year 4)

Seeing a friend

'My divine Master has taught me to look upon myself only as the sport of the good pleasure of His adorable Heart, my sole treasure, and in this it is that I must glory.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Finding Joy in the day, Day 308 (Year 4)

Jesus you are faithful so many friends and family who stand with me in prayers and love

'As work according to God is called virtue, so unexpected affliction is called a test.'

St. Mark the Ascetic 

Finding Joy in the day, Day 307 (Year 4)

A visit from a friend

'Let us give ourselves over completely to our dear and good heavenly Father. Let us always love Him, and our hearts will be enlarged. There must be no standing still. Our love must become a flame which destroys within us all that does not unite us intimately with Him.'

St. Conrad of Parzham

Help me to LOVE you this much Jesus, Mary please beg Jesus for these graces

'If you wish to preserve or acquire the gift of prayer, keep yourself recollected by making, even in the midst of your occupations, frequent aspirations to God.'

St. Paul of the Cross