![]() I’d be dead as a doornail with no ribs if I did that. Jerome used to hit himself with a rock every time he lost his temper. Unless you are willing to do the ridiculous, God will not do the miraculous.Įveryone drags his own carcass to market, so be careful. If you are following God, he never shows you the end. Believing has to change the way we live.įaith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air and a queasy feeling in the stomach. Most of these were found in Mother Angelica’s Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality:Įven the devil believes that God exists. Due to a stroke, the EWTN foundress had been silent for more than a decade, but her dart-like observations still hit their mark. She was known for her ability to parry a quick retort, make a wry observation or toss off a witticism that could catch a listener off-guard in its wisdom. “You may be the only Jesus that your neighbor will ever see.Mother Angelica, a Poor Clare of Perpetual Adoration, never did anything in a small way. “So let’s make up our minds: Today I shall be a saint.” He is the Light of our lives and the source of our being.” “We cannot turn God on and off like a light bulb. “In the Gospel, there’s an answer to everything.” “Sometimes we ask God for things, and we seem to get the exact opposite. “A Christian has one goal in mind: What does God want me to do?” “I thought today, ‘What would Our Lady do in my place?’ How did she contemplate the Lord in the midst of her activities?” And you must see God in all things, realizing that he transcends them all.” You have to have zest for life but a desire for heaven. ![]() “You have to enjoy life without resting in it. “To trust that everything that happens to us is for our good is hope.” “It is because Jesus suffered and we unite our pain to his that suffering changes and transforms us.”
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