Scared.

Patron Saints of Scary Stuff

For the record, my fears aren't on there.I can live with bugs and snakes, it is telemarketers and medical insurance companies that scare the snot out of me.

My saint for '08

Saint Teresa of Avila

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Replacing holy cards with...

Italian cell phone users offered dial-a-saint service

Hmm....

I can see this being popular using Fitty Cent or Beyonce here in the States. Sad but true.

OOhh....just for us!

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Quotes for today

"Stay where you are. Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are -- in your own homes and in your own families, in your workplaces and in your schools. ... You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see. Everywhere, wherever you go, you find people who are unwanted, unloved, uncared for, just rejected by society -- completely forgotten, completely left alone." ~ Blessed Mother Teresa

"Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. ~ St. Francis of Assisi

"Pray, trust and don't worry." ~ Saint Padre Pio

"Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever;
and take care of your soul
as if you were going to die tomorrow." ~ St. Augustine

"The good morals and salvation of the people depend on good pastors. If there is a good priest in charge of the parish, you will soon see devotion flourishing, people frequenting the Sacraments, and honoring the practice of mental prayer. Hence the proverb: 'Like pastor, like parish': Qualis pastor, talis parochia.
According to this word of Ecclesiasticus (x:2) Those who dwell in the state, take after their ruler.' Qualis est rector civitatis tales et in habitantes in ea." ~ St. Alphonsus

"Remember when you leave this earth,
you can take with you nothing that you have received
~ only what you have given: A heart enriched by honest service,
love, sacrifice and courage." ~ St. Francis of Assisi

Shall I bring a mother to the point of birth,
and yet not let her child be born?
Says the Lord; Or shall I who allow her to conceive,
yet close her womb? says your God. Isaiah 66:9

"Love is the distinctive mark of those
who belong to God,as the mark of those who reject him
is hatred." ~ The Cure' of Ars, St. Jean Vianney

“Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.” - Saint John of the Cross

Quotes

"Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies."
John Henry Neumann

"If at times you are in such confusion of mind that you seem totally incapable of calming yourself, have immediate recourse to prayer. And persevere in it in imitation of Christ, Our Lord, Who prayed three times in the garden to show mankind that only in conversation with God can afflicted souls find haven and refuge."
~ Dom Lorenzo Scupoli,
priest and author of the book, 'The Spiritual Combat'

"Even if you're on the right track,
you'll get run over if you just sit there."
~ Will Rogers

"If God causes you to suffer much,
it is a sign that He certainly intends
to make you a saint."
~ Saint Ignatius

"Do not worry over things that generate
preoccupation and anxiety.
One thing only is necessary:
To lift up your spirit and love to God."
~St. Padre Pio

"Everyone is ready to run after the latest novelty
... But as for Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament,
he is deserted and forsaken...
~ The Cure' of Ars, St. Jean Vianney

A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children; again she fears for the women and children who belong to her children. … For each of these—whether for loss of possessions, bodily illness, or undesired misfortune—she mourns and grieves no less than those who suffer.
—St. John Chrysostom

The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course.
—St. Boniface

Trust in the LORD and do good,
that you may dwell in the land and enjoy security.
Take delight in the LORD,
and he will grant you your heart's requests.
Commit to the LORD your way;
trust in him, and he will act.
He will make justice dawn for you like the light;
bright as the noonday shall be your vindication.
Leave it to the LORD,
and wait for him;
Be not vexed at the successful path
of the man who does malicious deeds.
Give up your anger, and forsake wrath;
be not vexed, it will only harm you.
For evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the LORD
shall possess the land.
Psalm 37:3-9

Faith and love

The goal of all our undertakings should be not so much a task perfectly completed as the accomplishment of the will of God.
St Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever. - St. Therese of Lisieux

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future. - St. Therese of Lisieux

Courage is not freedom from fear. It’s being afraid and going on anyway -- Anonymous

If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it’s not the gospel you believe, but yourself -- Augustine of Hippo

Know what you are doing, and imitate the mystery you celebrate: Model your life on the mystery of the Lord's cross --- From the rite of Ordination of a Priest

Let nothing disturb you;
Let nothing make you afraid;
All things pass;
But God is unchanging,
Patience is enough for everything.
You who have God lack nothing.
God alone is sufficient -- Teresa of Avila

On Truth and Hope

"The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: 'Here is the wolf!' when it enters the flock or anywhere else.
--St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"It is impossible to approve in Catholic publications a style inspired by unsound novelty which seems to deride the piety of the faithful and dwells on the introduction of a new order of Christian life, on new directions of the Church, on new aspirations of the modern soul, on a new social vocation of the clergy, on a new Christian civilization, and many other things of the same kind."
--Pope Leo XIII

Pray, hope, and don't worry.
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following Your Will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact please You. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing...
- Thomas Merton

Fight to the death for Truth, and the Lord God will do battle for you.
- Sirach 4:33

Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, not even if your whole world seems upset. If you find that you have wandered away from the shelter of God, lead your heart back to Him quietly and simply.
- St. Francis de Sales

It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.
- St. Peter

The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white host.
- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all.
And faith means believing the incredible, or it is no virtue at all.
- G.K. Chesterton

We shall steer safely through every storm so long as our heart is right,
our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God.
- St. Francis de Sales

Wise words...

Motherhood is sometimes presented as something backward or as a limitation of a woman's freedom, thus distorting its true nature and dignity. Children are presented not as what they are; a great gift of God; but rather as something to be defended against. John Paul II - Cuba, January 1998

Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good. Pope Leo XIII, Sapientiae Christian, 1890

As two pieces of wax fused together make one, so he who receives Holy Communion is so united with Christ that Christ is in him and he is in Christ., Saint Cyril of Alexandria

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
Saint Theresa of Jesus

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.
Saint Francis de Sales

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Two Precepts of Charity

Some great quotes to make you ponder

Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, "God is hard to find."
- Bishop Fulton Sheen

"Not my will, but Yours be done"....
By obeying we raise ourselves beyond our littleness and we can act in conformity
with an infinite wisdom... Through obedience we become infinitely powerful.
- St. Maximilian Kolbe

You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness.
You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness.
You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you.
I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more.
- St. Augustine

Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
- Saint Therese of Lisieux

Sometimes you just close your eyes and jump... you don't think too long or maybe you just won't. Sometimes you just follow your heart, don't analyze too long, or maybe it might just be gone.
- Carrie Newcomer

All we need do is to voice these two petitions: Dear Lord, illumine my intellect to see the Truth, and give me the strength to follow it.
- Bishop Fulton Sheen