“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. Do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.”
~ St. Francis de Sales
• St. Padre Pio says;
"If certain thoughts bother you, it is the devil who causes you to worry, and not God~ Who, being the spirit of peace, grants you tranquility."
This is how you pray continually, not by offering prayer in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so your life becomes a continuous and uninterrupted prayer.
- St. Basil the Great
Feast of Corpus Christi.
Aquinas: Christ is “The Good Pelican” since pelicans will, if need be, peck at their chests & feed their young on their own flesh & blood.
“Lord Jesus, Good Pelican, clean me with Your Blood, one drop of which can free all the world of all its sins.”
Nenhum pecado (por mais grave, hediondo ou criminoso que seja) pode ser revelado pelo padre, a ninguém, sob nenhuma circunstância.
Ou seja, confesse seus pecados, inclusive os mais pesados.
E não se preocupe, o sacerdote está estritamente proibido de revelar o que ouviu.
Every morning Saint Francis de Sales recommends meditating on this:
God had no need for you, yet He made you
He made you out of nothing
He did not need you, and you do not add to Him
Yet out of nothing, He made you solely out of Love.
Consider also the times you’ve betrayed God, but specifically how He brought you back when you repented…
Likewise, you betrayed God, but He brought you back
He had no need to bring you back, but He did.
Solely out of His immense love for you, and you in particular
Remember that God loves you.