St. Edith Stein

"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."

Und wenn die Nacht kommt
und der Rückblick zeigt,
dass alles Stückwerk war
und vieles ungetan geblieben ist,
wenn so manches
tiefe Beschämung und Reue weckt:
dann alles nehmen, wie es ist,
in Gottes Hände legen
und Ihm überlassen.
So wird man in Ihm ruhen können,
wirklich ruhen
und den neuen Tag
wie ein neues Leben beginnen.

Dickens

"Dickens sure knows how to pull the heartstrings. Its like he's milking a cow or something....I was thinking of the Three Stooges." --anonymous family member.

"But if he wishes to prevent this fire of divine love from growing cold because of injuries received, let him keep the eyes of his soul always fixed on the serene patience of his beloved Lord and Savior." -- St. Aelred.

Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms.

-- St. Francis de Sales (via Mary Kate Thielman)

More True Devotion to the Holy Spirit

Behind all our problems is always the problem of the heart, for love, that noble and kingly sentiment, is the first and foremost affection in the soul. All other affections we know are related to love: hope is love that longs for union with the beloved; sadness is separation from the beloved...

Lit Choir Woes

"One note I would watch is the F natural on the fourth page for the Sopranos. It's a little fuzzy."
"It's going sharp, Fred?"
"It's a little fuzzy, which would be fine if it was a teddy bear, but it's not. It's a note."

(Fred the Recording Specialist and Andrew J. McShane)

True Devotion to the Holy Spirit ~Martinez

For God, the immeasurably wise, infinitely good God, loves us. With wonderful power, but exquisite gentleness, He leads us through the winding, painful paths of this world until we reach our home. Then there will be an end of trouble, our tears will be dried, and we shall no longer need consolations, for the heavenly Sun of celestial happiness will shine forever in all its fullness.