Acts 5:29

We ought to obey God, rather than men. (Acts 5:29b, Douay Rheims Bible)

Martyrdom for Christ

“I prefer to die rather than renouncing my faith.” (St Jacques Berthieu, Priest and Martyr)

God’s Holy Will

We must allow God to fulfil His holy will in us. Through Him everything becomes good and right. (St Crescentia Hoss)

Psalm 55:5

In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me. (Psalm 55:5, Douay Rheims Bible)

1 Samuel 15:22

For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams. (1 Samuel [1 Kings] 15:22b, Douay Rheims Bible)

Our Lord Jesus Christ

Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all. (St Augustine of Hippo)

Time and Eternity

We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear when we enter that great ocean.(St Elizabeth Ann Seton)

Bad Times

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying, but let us live godly, and times will be good. We are the times. Such as we are, such are the times. (Saint Augustine)

Lord, Free My Heart from Vanity

PRAYER FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE TOO VAIN O almighty and most loving God, mercifully regard my prayer and free my heart from vanity and from all preoccupations with looks, physical appearance and from considerations of what people think of me, so that I may become the worthy dwelling-place of thy Holy Spirit.Through Jesus

Excessive Attention to Physical Health

Delicate and excessive attention to health nourishes self-love and immortification, and often destroys that health which it studied anxiously to preserve. (From Fr Butler’s Lives of the Saints)