075

074

Be glad that, most of the time, God does not take you seriously.

073

I don't do much and my dog does, possibly, even less.

072

Distinguish between this life and the next.

071

Torment God with prayers.

070

The Mass should be a prayer, not a performance.

069

Show, then say.

068

There is forgiveness without confession and confession without forgiveness.

067

The Myth of Guilty Conscience. In Confession, the priest should examine.

066

Vocal prayers are best.

065

A truly good woman—or man—could feel this:

Sometimes I feel that I just cannot go on like this.  Sometimes at night I lie and wonder what will become of me if I stay this way.  The days pass and nothing happens.  I feel a kind of impatience.  My heart seems to be waiting—for something.

Try to feel this way sometimes.

064

Suppose the pearl is one's soul.

063

Talk to God, not about Him.

062

Lord, you are with me always. Μαρὰν ἀθά.

061

Lord, my heart is waiting for you. Μαράνα θά.

060

Prayer is the only act in whose effectiveness I trust. #1,583

059

Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Jesus, Mary, Joseph.

058

Do not say, Lord, Lord.

057

Peter did not like to be asked, Do you love me?

056

What would Noriko do?

055

The greatest punishment or reward will be: to exist for eternity.

054

I will never tire of Heaven.

053

I saw Jesus, but I thought he was the gardener.

052

Better to be present to an illusion than absent to a reality.

051

Comment

050

Prayer, not the pray-er.

049

The bow cannot always be bent.

048

Is the time between the Ascension and Pentecost a sad time, like the time between Good Friday and Easter?

047

Kill time by praying.

046

We come to know the workings of the spirit in ourselves slowly.  How much more slowly, then, do we begin to detect the workings of that same spirit in others? — Walter J. Ciszek, S. J., He Leadeth Me [1973], 1994, p. 109.