My Guide, My Protector:

O, good and gracious God who reigns in heaven and in our hearts, I praise you and adore you. I know you as the giver of every good and perfect gift. I know you as my Creator, my Guide, my Protector.

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What are these few orphans we attend to, these few people we bring the good news to, compared to the millions who are lost and abandoned as sheep without a shepherd? I looked for an answer and I found a complete one in the words of Jesus: "Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers to gather his harvest". I concluded then that I had found the secret key to all good works and to the salvation of all souls.

- Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia (1851-1927)

Christ is a gentle leader, but he calls us to total holiness. Now and then men and women are raised up to challenge us by the absoluteness of their dedication, the vigor of their spirit, the depth of their conversion. The fact that we cannot duplicate their lives does not change the call to us to be totally open to God in our own particular circumstances.

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