Scripture says, “the fruit of good labors is renowned.” St. Joseph responds to Mary: “Let me spend my energy in the service of Jesus. It is for Him and for you that I work.”
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St. Joseph Novena 2023, Day 1: Service
Quote of the day, 23 October: Silvio José Báez, o.c.d.
Bishop Silvio José Báez, o.c.d. offers this comment that applies to our Sunday Gospel: “Jesus proposes that we should cultivate these three life-giving verbs: give, descend, and serve.”
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Quote of the day, 7 August: St. Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa impresses upon her nuns, "Shouldn't we consider ourselves lucky to be able to repay something of what we owe Him for His service toward us? I say these words "His service toward us" unwillingly; but the fact is that He did nothing else but serve us all the time He lived in this world...."
Quote of the day, 17 July: St. Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa of Avila counsels her daughters not to worry whether they are doing household chores or practicing mental prayer: "True humility consists very much in great readiness to be content with whatever the Lord may want to do with them and in always finding oneself unworthy to be called His servant."
Quote of the day, 22 June: Silvio José Báez, o.c.d.
"Do whatever he tells you" (Jn 2:5), were the instructions from the Mother of the Lord to the servants at the wedding banquet. Bishop Silvio José Báez reminds us that if we put his gospel into practice, our lives will be transformed in unexpected ways...
Marie du jour 2022, 30 May: St. Edith Stein
We continue St. Edith Stein's comment on woman's destiny and the Marian ideal: "woman has something in herself inherited from Eve, and she must search for the way from Eve to Mary."
Advent IV, 2021 — Blessed
When I read in the Gospel “that Mary went in haste to the hill country of Judea” to perform her loving service for her cousin Elizabeth, I imagine her passing by so beautiful, so calm and so majestic
Quote of the day, 18 October: Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
St. John of the Cross reminds us that "God’s purpose is to exalt the soul". That is why he came down, "so profound is the humility and sweetness of God".
Give, descend, and serve – Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Jesus wants to eradicate three deadly verbs from our daily life: to have, to ascend, and to command; and in their place he proposes that we should cultivate these three life-giving verbs: to give, to descend, and to serve.
Quote of the day, 19 September: St. Teresa of Avila
How could a truly humble person think he is as good as those who are contemplative? Yes, it is true, God can make you a contemplative
Quote of the day, 10 March: St. John of the Cross
What do you think serving God involves?
Quote of the day, 8 February: St. Teresa of Avila
True humility consists very much in great readiness to be content with whatever the Lord may want to do with them
Quote of the day: 22 November
Do me the favor of hurrying to serve His Majesty
God’s precious investment — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
We are God’s most precious “investment”. The Lord made his riskiest, most important financial transaction when he created us.
30 October: Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph Tauscher
My heart was filled with a burning hunger and thirst to win souls for the Divine Heart
No Caesar is God — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
No Caesar of this world can demand that which belongs to God.
Elijah: Man of crystalline faith — Pope Francis
Scripture presents Elijah as a man of crystalline faith
Quote of the day: 20 September
The Lord gives when He desires, as He desires, and to whom He desires
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Quote of the day: 30 August
If you desire to discover peace and consolation for your soul and to serve God truly, do not find your satisfaction in what you have left behind
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