January 7
“The chief exercise of prayer is to speak to God and to hear God speak in the bottom of your heart.”
-St. Francis de Sales
Author Archives: Johnnette Benkovic Williams
Prayer is not optional
January 6
“Prayer is not one occupation among many, but is at the center of our life in Christ.”
-Pope St. John Paul II
He is calling you
January 5
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”
-Revelation 3:20
Obedience to God’s will
January 4
“Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.”
– Gen. 3:7
See yourself as God sees you
Prayer for Protection from Hurricane Milton
Let us all stop and pray to our Lord in heaven for protection from the upcoming storm.
Our Lady, Star of the Sea, pray for us!
Restraining a hasty word
August 28
“Far from being like to those great souls who from their childhood practice all sorts of macerations, I made my mortification consist solely in the breaking of my will, restraining a hasty word, rendering little services to those around me without making anything of it, and a thousand other things of this kind.”
-Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
A great privilege
August 7
“The gift of being a woman is the ability to give life. As Christian women we have an even greater privilege–to give supernatural life to others through a personal relationship with Christ in life.”
-Marianne Evans Mount
Bringing new life to the world
August 5
“Then God said: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
-Genesis 1:26, 27
Johnnette’s Review of the Cabrini Movie
“St. Paul Vi summed it up well when he said, ‘People listen more to witnesses today than to teachers, and if they listen to teachers at all, it is because they are witnesses.’ Cabrini is a film shot through with the courage and strength of witness.
