The Purpose:
The world has a purpose, a path, a goal established by God. We ourselves are neither helpless victims of mindless processes nor supreme arbiters of the course of the world. We are children of a loving Father who encourages us to take courage in what he has in mind for his good creation and to carry out what he asks from us in bringing his plans to completion.
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How dearly we shall pay for all those faults that we look upon as nothing at all, like those little lies that we tell to amuse ourselves, those little scandals, the despising of the graces which God gives us at every moment, those little murmurings in the difficulties that He sends us!
- St. John Marie Vianney (1786-1859)
“Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather these straws into a bundle and light them, and you get a mighty fire, rising like a column into the sky; public prayer is like that.”
- St. John Marie Vianney (1786-1859)
Jesus was rejected and His Wisdom questioned because he was a carpenter’s son. Our prejudices can also blind us from seeing the goodness, love and care that our spouses, parents, family and friends have for us. We need to go beyond our prejudices to appreciate the truth in others
The world has a purpose, a path, a goal established by God. We ourselves are neither helpless victims of mindless processes nor supreme arbiters of the course of the world. We are children of a loving Father who encourages us to take courage in what he has in mind for his good creation and to carry out what he asks from us in bringing his plans to completion.
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How dearly we shall pay for all those faults that we look upon as nothing at all, like those little lies that we tell to amuse ourselves, those little scandals, the despising of the graces which God gives us at every moment, those little murmurings in the difficulties that He sends us!
- St. John Marie Vianney (1786-1859)
“Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather these straws into a bundle and light them, and you get a mighty fire, rising like a column into the sky; public prayer is like that.”
- St. John Marie Vianney (1786-1859)
Jesus was rejected and His Wisdom questioned because he was a carpenter’s son. Our prejudices can also blind us from seeing the goodness, love and care that our spouses, parents, family and friends have for us. We need to go beyond our prejudices to appreciate the truth in others
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