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This week’s must-reads:
+ “If you feel for whatever reason that you cannot manage, abandon yourself in God, telling him: Lord, I trust in you, I abandon myself in you, but do help me in my weakness!” — The Forge, 287
+ “There’s a difference in a tree that’s barren and one that’s recently pruned; both seem empty of fruit, but one actually means more fruit is coming. Pruning (is in fact) preparation; in fact, it’s affirmation that you have fruit and God wants to bring an increase. If God prunes what is fruitful, a healthy branch shouldn’t always be full… We often pray for more but get surprised when God answers that prayer by increasing our capacity for it with his pruning shears. Even pruning (is) progress and (sometimes) less is more.” — Austin Ludwig
+ “Through the church, the Lord gives us the liturgical cycle to really guide the rhythm of our prayer life. It’s a year of the Lord’s grace as we meditate on the mysteries of the Lord’s birth, life, death, and resurrection. And so thus, the cycle of the liturgical year and the great feasts constitute the basic rhythm of the Christian’s life of prayer… ” — Fr. Patrick Gonyeau
+ “When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it we are praising God.” — St. Teresa of Avila
+ Mother Angelica once told this story that she worried that God would one day say to her, “Angelica, this is what you could have done if you trusted me more.” And that reminds me of the Annunciation that we celebrated last week, and Mary’s amazing Fiat. Even after feast days like that, those Joyful Mysteries can be a meaningful reminder for you and your family — for your vocation. To say yes, to trust more, or to try to trust more each day.
And that brings me to faith-filled beautiful pieces like the Marian rosary holder below. Sure, it’s not necessary — none of these things are! But they can be beautiful reminders of your faith and of things that are really meaningful for you. The things around us can inspire us and lift us up.
That’s why I like to share these pieces with you each week in my newsletter — in case it can help you look up throughout your day and remember Him. That’s what items like this do for me while I walk around our home. These are all things I’m sharing in this week’s newsletter, which you can read through if you sign up for it here.
+ Right around this time of the year, all of our favorite parks are on cherry blossom watch — daffodil watch, tulip watch. “It’s happening this week!” they say, or they’ll keep us updated, they say, or “plan ahead for mid-April to come out and see the beautiful blooms.” And I love it. I love being on watch for something beautiful. I love the collective waiting and anticipating, and sharing in each other’s joy of a new season.
“She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
“Winter is dead.”
(Daffodowndilly by A. A. Milne)
+ “The destiny of every woman is to be a bride and mother.” — Edith Stein
+ “You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working, and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.” –St. Francis de Sales
+ “One takeaway from the Bible is that you can’t escape the relentlessness of humanity’s missteps. It becomes tiresome to read again & again… Human grace is inexhaustible. God’s is not.” — Sharon H. Miller
+ “Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” — Elisabeth Elliot
+ “Love does not stay idle.” —Catherine of Siena
+ “As we set our tables, dust our shelves, and plump our pillows, let us remember that we are sowing seeds of joy for all who enter.” — Home Ec book, 1954
More Finds in this week’s Newsletter, which you can read through here.
