Chastity

Chastity is, first of all, not primarily a sexual concept. It has to do with the limits and appropriateness of all experiencing, the sexual included. To be chaste means to experience things, all things, respectfully and to drink them in only when we are ready for them.

Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I.

Slow down

Every hour of every day is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

Walt Whitman

Being yourself

We must lay before Him what is in us not what ought to be in us.

C.S. Lewis

Fidelity

Fidelity has little to do with fine feelings and everything to do with deep trust, believing the One who holds me in joy will never let go when sorrow steps in.

Joyce Rupp

Beautiful

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Elisabeth Kubler Ross

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Mark Twain

Oil lamps

What are the oil lamps in our lives? They are the little everyday things: faithfulness, punctuality, kind words, thoughtfulness of another person, the way we are silent at times, the way we look at things, the way we speak, the way we act. Those are the little drops of love which make it possible for our life of faith to shine brightly.

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Gratitude

Gratitude is the mother of all the virtues.

G. K. Chesterton