God's will, God's glory, and, inseparably bound up therewith, my own salvation, this is the one thing necessary. "What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?" (Matthew 16:16). Everything, therefore, which does not bear on this is but vanity and affliction of spirit; to glorify God by saving my soul is my one great duty -- the one end of my creation.
-- Barraud, Meditations
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
AMDG
The Church, in the prayers in which she invokes St. Ignatius Loyola, makes us understand that the true and distinctive character of this saint was to do all for the greater glory of God, and indeed he constantly inculcated upon others the importance of doing all things Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
The Friend who lives only for His friends
He who says Jesus, says the most generous, the most disinterested of friends, to the extent of devoting Himself wholly for those who He loves, the Friend who lives only for His friends, who ceaselessly watches over their interests, intercedes for them with the Father . . . pleads their cause with the voice of all His wounds . . .
-- Hamon, Meditations
-- Hamon, Meditations
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Through the Coming Year
O Thou, who art ever the same, grant us so to pass through the coming year with faithful hearts, that we may be able in all things to please Thy loving eyes.
-- Mozarabic Missal
-- Mozarabic Missal
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Year of Blessings
I want the New Year to be so full of blessings for you all, that it may take the whole of your life to thank God for it . . .
-- Father Dignam, SJ
-- Father Dignam, SJ
