The joy of being a Christian

If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God who gave his Son for us!

Benedict XVI

Blessed friendship

Friendships are strengthened by our ability to put our friends' needs ahead of our own, and by allowing ourselves to be vulnerable in letting others take care of us when we are down.

From "Finding my Voice"

Life's purpose

God has created me to do him some definite service; he has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission - I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next ... I have a part in a great work; I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons ...

Blessed John Henry Newman

The prayer of abandonment

Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you.
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me and in all your creatures.
I wish no more than this, o Lord.
Into your hands I commend my soul;
I offer it to you, with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands,
without reserve, and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.

Fr. Charles de Foucauld

Life's meaning

The meaning of life is to live life.

Jon Blais