“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew.”
St. Francis de Sales

For Reflection:
Why is practicing patience with ourselves a good way to learn to be patient with others? How can I begin anew today to set about remedying my own imperfections?

“Only the strong man can exercise living patience, can take upon himself again and again the things that are; only he can always begin anew. Patience without strength is mere passivity, dull acceptance, growing accustomed to being a mere thing.”
Romano Guardini

For Reflection:
What characteristic marks a patient person? Why? Do I see myself as this kind of a person? Why or why not?
(See tomorrow’s Grace Line for encouragement if you feel you fall short.)

“We can resist or change many things according to our wishes; but basically we must accept what comes and is given to us. To understand this and to act accordingly is patience. Anyone who is unwilling to do this is in constant conflict with his own existence.”
Romano Guardini

For Reflection:
To what extent do I accept what comes and is given to me? How can I bring myself into conformity with the permissive will of God?
(See tomorrow’s Grace Line by Father Guardini to discover the characteristics of a patient person.)

“In this existence in time and finiteness, we constantly find the tension between what man is and what he would like to be; between that which has been realized and that which remains to be accomplished. And it is patience which endures the tension.”
Romano Guardini

For Reflection:
According to Father Guardini’s definition of “tension,” what is my current one? How well am I enduring it with patience?
(Read tomorrow’s Grace Line for another insight on patience by Father Guardini.)