Prayer ... Brings the saving power of Jesus Christ into the decisions and actions of everyday life. Be faithful to your daily prayers; they will keep your faith alive and vibrant.
“Stephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people.” Acts 6:8
(Grace and Peace) Stephen was the first martyr to bear witness to Christ with his blood after the Resurrection. Stephen was filled with grace and power. If we too need to bear witness to Jesus, we need grace and power. Grace comes through humility, power comes through suffering in the Name of Jesus. Therefore let us not be ashamed to humble ourselves nor to suffer for His sake.
Mary, joyful witness of the Resurrection, help us all to live "a new life"; make each of us conscious that, having crucified our "old self" with Christ, we must consider and conduct ourselves as new men, people "alive to God, in Christ Jesus.
Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks compassion into the world.Yours are the feet with which Christ walks to do good.Yours are the hands with which Christ blesses the world.
Fidelity to the new commandment will be the guarantee that you are consistent with respect to what you are proclaiming. In this society you are called, a true missionaries of Christ, to build the civilization of love.
Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us... If a man wants to be always in God’s company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.
Let Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament speak to your hearts. It is He who is the true answer of life that you seek. He stays here with us: He is God with us. Seek Him without tiring, welcome Him without reserve, love Him without interruption: today, tomorrow , for ever!
Whosoever comes to it in piety, faith and humility, and with determination to make progress in it, will assuredly find therein and will eat the "Bread that cometh down from heaven"
Oh, how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy manner!