November 9
“The torments of a thousand hells are nothing in comparison to the anguish of being banished from everlasting bliss and the vision of God.”
-St. John Chrysostom
Category Archives: Gracelines
Strength endures
November 8
“Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.”
-Psalm 90:10
The way that leads to life
November 7
“Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
-Matthew 7:13-14
Be prepared
November 6
“You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”
-Luke 12:40
The trumpet will sound
November 5
“Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed…
Death is swallowed up in victory.
Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
-1 Corinthians 15: 51, 52, 55
The saints
November 4
“The saints stand around my Son like countless stars, whose glory is not to be compared with any temporal light.”
-The Blessed Mother to St. Bridget
The immensity of heaven
November 3
“If God were to make every grain of sand into a new world, all these innumerable spheres would not fill the immensity of heaven.”
-Father Martin von Cochem
Where I am you also may be
November 2
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.”
-John 14:3
What God has prepared
November 1
“But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him…”
-1 Corinthians 2:9
Conquer the world
October 31
“Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.”
-Pope Pius IX
