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Here are this week’s must-reads:
+ “May today there be peace within you. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.” — St. Teresa of Avila
+ “God might not have answered your prayer yet, but He is listening intently every time you pray. He never gets tired of listening to you, and He’s closer to you than you think. The waiting will be worth it, and through it all, He is still good.” — Radiant with Joy
Here’s what’s featured in my newsletter, The Collection, this week… I shared a handful of Marian pieces since we celebrate the Blessed Mother’s birthday on Sunday! I always look at the upcoming feast days when I put these together 🙂 You can sign up for The Collection here.
Everything featured in my weekly newsletters is always under $60. When you sign up, you get access to a long list of promo codes to some of my favorite Catholic businesses, up to 30% off. Sign up for The Collection here!
+ “Words husbands and wives should share with each other daily: “It is my job to help get you to heaven.” And these words must be followed by action.” — Mike Pantile
+ “As my daughter prepares to marry the love of her life, I am reminded of the vows I made to my husband more than 30 years ago and the sacrament that contained them and continues to bring us together. “In sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better or for worse” means a lot more to us now. They hit differently after thirty years of relying on our vows and the grace of God to come together in the best and worst of times.
“I’ve noticed that people often leave out the negative parts of the vows when they write their own. In the beautiful light of new love, it’s hard to imagine you would do anything but live in that love. The truth is that although we will love each other, support each other, and believe in each other, we will also fail each other, disappoint each other, and hurt each other. Our vows help us to give ourselves to one another, and in the sacrament of matrimony we are given abundant grace to help us along the way…” — Karen, Amayzing Graces
+ “Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God’s thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him.” – St. Augustine // Novenas to Pray in September
+ “One of the messages Bruno emphasizes in her book is that Good Friday… is the beginning of something, not the end. “Anyone who suffers, it’s so easy — and it’s totally understandable, we’re human — to get stuck in this Good Friday,” she said. “To stay there and dwell on the things that we don’t have or the things that are so hard for us.”
“She began to realize not only that people don’t get to Easter Sunday without Good Friday, but also that they sometimes suffer as if that’s the end of the story. “That was not the end of God’s story, that wasn’t the end of Jesus’ story,” she stressed.” — read here
+ “God always acts first. God never ever reacts. God’s grace goes before, sustains, and follows after our entire life. So, Joseph receives the Word of God. Then what’s he do? He gets up… and then he always reaches for Jesus and Mary. That’s so key for us too. We receive God’s action, we’re prompted to move. And the first thing we have to do is ask for Jesus’ grace, and ask for Mary’s intercession.” — Fr. Jonah
+ “Sometimes, and maybe more often than we’d like to admit, we grow weary in our prayer. It feels like we aren’t being heard, that God doesn’t care, and that the little things we do each day don’t matter. St. Monica and St. Augustine’s story remind us that our prayers are heard. That God does care. That the call He has on our lives does matter.” — Maria Gari
+ “The world tells you many lies about who you are, and you simply have to be realistic enough to remind yourself of this. Every time you feel hurt, offended, or rejected, you have to dare to say to yourself: ‘These feelings, strong as they may be, are not telling me the truth about myself. The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God’s eyes, called the Beloved from all eternity, and held safe in an everlasting belief.” — Henri Nouwen
Here are the fashion finds in this week’s Collection:
