Quiet Moment

The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it. — St. Vincent de Paul

The storms that are raging around you will turn out to be for God’s glory, your own merit, and the good of many souls. —St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without…

One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers in which idle people indulge themselves.  — St. John Henry Newman 

Mary showed complete trust in God by agreeing to be used as an instrument in his plan of salvation. She trusted him in spite of her nothingness because she knew he who is mighty could do great things in her and through her. Once she said…

When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. — Matthew 6:6

When you invoke St. Joseph, you don’t have to say much. Say, “If you were in my place, St. Joseph, what would you do? Well, pray for this on my behalf.”  — St. André Bessette

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself?  — Thomas á Kempis

Have you ever stopped to consider the enormous sum that many “littles” can come to? — St. Josemaría Escrivá

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. — St. Augustine