Oct 10
“I understand now that charity consists in bearing with the faults of others, in not being surprised at their weakness, in being edified by the smallest acts of virtue we see them practice.”
– St. Therese of Lisieux
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God is much better than you believe
Oct 3
“I assure you that God is much better than you believe. He is content with a glance, a sigh of love.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
Heaven on earth
Oct 2
“It seems to me that I have found my Heaven on earth, since Heaven is God, and God is [in] my soul. The day I understood that, everything became clear to me. I would like to whisper this secret to those I love so they too might always cling to God through everything,”
-St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
How are you loving those around you?
Oct 1
“Let us love, since that is all our hearts were made for.”
-St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Is your heart open?
August 31
“The soul of woman must be expansive and open to all human beings, it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will be extinguished by stormy winds; warm so as not to benumb fragile buds … empty of itself, in order that extraneous life may have room in it; finally, mistress of itself and also of its body, so that the entire person is readily at the disposal of every call.”
-St. Edith Stein
Testimonial: Women found belonging and purpose through Women of Grace study program
“By the grace of God, we completed our fourth year of offering Women of Grace Foundational Study in Indiana. This year was marked by many blessings, as well as many challenges for the participants and facilitators.
Testimonial: Bethany found supportive Catholic mentors through Young Women of Grace
Bethany shares how Young Women of Grace impacted her during high school and beyond and helped her find supportive and loving Catholic mentors to help her stay strong in her faith.
Her original vocation
August 6
“Woman’s nature is determined by her original vocation of spouse and mother. One depends on the other. The body of woman is fashioned ‘to be one flesh’ with another and to nurse new human life in itself.”
-St. Edith Stein
A new saint
July 31
“All people are born as originals but many die as photocopies.”
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
No room for despair!
July 30
“We can find God in his Body, Soul, and Divinity present in all the tabernacles of the world! If we think about it, we are much more fortunate than those who met Jesus on this earth two thousand years ago, because we have God ‘really and substantially’ with us always. It is enough to visit a nearby church. ‘Jerusalem’ is in every church! No room for despair!”
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
