(Ephesians 5:8)
Parents, leaders, and educators, we have a mission, a duty to lead children's souls toward the Light which will be their guide and their happiness. In order to illuminate the way that lies before each one of us, once a week we invite you to discover some of the words of certain wisemen and witnesses, measuring their worth by the words of St. Thomas Aquinas: “Do not consider the one who speaks, but whatever good you hear from him, confide it to your memory.” (from The Sixteen Ways to Acquire the Treasure of Knowledge by St. Thomas). Happy reading!
Tomorrow, soon… death.
I will go to heaven, I hope,
And my heart will be filled with gratitude and love.
Will I go alone?
Oh no! Jesus, I do not want to enter your presence alone.
I want to bring everyone to you—
like You in all that I do…
teaching by my example
and paying with my blood
for this little, this nothing that I will have done for you,
compared to what you have done for me.
(Words found on the cover of his middle school retreat notebook)
Gérard de Cathelineau (1921-1957)
French officer
“One of the characteristics of the Catholic Church is that she thinks of everything. Forgetting is human. A man dies: cries of grief rise around his grave; but among those who cried out, many soon stop thinking of him, for time has passed. Yet a faithful memory remains — the memory of the Church. The Church did not cry out at the grave of the dead; she sang. When those who cried out had forgotten their cries, the Church had not forgotten her songs. The Church forgets nothing; her vast gaze embraces all. She thinks of hell, she thinks of earth, she thinks of purgatory, she thinks of Heaven.”
Ernest Hello (1828-1885)
Writer
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