Quote of the Week | October 7, 2024

“How often have I thought that I may owe all the graces I’ve received to the prayers of a person who begged them from God for me, and whom I shall know only in Heaven.” ― Thérèse of Lisieux

I have dealt with great things that I do not understand.

Saint Faustina Kowalksa, Virgin (Optional Memorial) I have dealt with great things that I do not understand. Job thought he knew who God was and how God should behave. So when he faced catastrophe upon catastrophe, he felt he was being treated unfairly. He was one of...

They would long ago have repented.

Saint Francis of Assisi (Memorial) They would long ago have repented.  Imagine that you’ve found an old painting in an antique shop and paid fifteen dollars for it. You take it home and try to clean it up, but nothing seems to work. You decide to take it to an art...

Why do you hound me?

26th Week in Ordinary Time Why do you hound me?  On top of all the sorrow and loss that Job experienced, he had to endure the judgment and misunderstanding of his wife and friends. “Curse God and die!” his wife told him (2:9). And his friends accused him at length of...

Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

The Holy Guardian Angels (Memorial) Who can say to him, “What are you doing?” Job has suffered the loss of almost everything he held dear and cannot understand the reason for all these terrible trials. After all, he had always been faithful to God! His friends try to...

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