Food for Thought

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”

"Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind."

"This year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behavior we expect from other people."

---CS Lewis

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”

“The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.”

---GK Chesterton

"Listen carefully, my sons and daughters, to the Master's instructions, and attend them with the ear of your heart"

---St. Benedict

“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”

“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.”

---St. Francis of Assisi