February 23
“Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.”
-St. Catherine of Siena
Category Archives: Gracelines
What is your reaction to God’s love?
February 22
“Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.”
-St. Pio of Pietrelcina
What are the demands of your heart?
February 21
“Jesus does not say ‘no’ to the authentic demands of the heart, but only a clear, loud ‘yes’ to life, to love, to freedom, to peace and to hope. With Him no goal is impossible and even a small act of generosity grows and can lead to change.”
-Pope St. John Paul II
An instrument of Christ’s love
February 20
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
He is calling you to love
February 19
“True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
The Lord will draw near
February 18
“Love, and the Lord will draw near; love, and He will dwell within you.”
-St. Augustine
Let others see Him
Love enables us to live in harmony
February 16
“Happy are we, beloved, if love enables us to live in harmony and in the observance of God’s commandments, for then it will also gain for us the remission of our sins.”
-St. Clement I
Loving those who are difficult to love
February 15
“If someone wishes to savor the joy of brotherly love with greater perfection and delight, he must extend even to his enemies the embrace of true love.”
-St. Aelred
The task to which we are set
February 14
“Love is never something that is ready-made, something merely ‘given’ to man and woman; it is always at the same time a ‘task’ which they are set. Love should be seen as something which in a sense never ‘is’ but is always only ‘becoming,’ and what it becomes depends upon the contribution of both persons and the depth of their commitment.”
-Pope St. John Paul II
