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" Our memories are our own, and we cannot blame anything or anyone in the past for any pain dwelling there. If we open the door to them or keep hashing over past incidents in our minds, we have only ourselves to blame. "

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" Religious life is an encounter with the living God. Sometimes that encounter is preceded by a kind of soul-searching agony that tries desperately not to hear, runs in the opposite direction, and frantically tries to reason itself out of answering the invitation. "

Mother Angelica

Life

Living

Sometimes

" I am not like a pebble on the beach - a grain of sand on the seashore or just one of millions of human beings past, present and future. No, I am a unique human being loved by God as if I were an only child - the only fruit of his creative powers. "

" Neighbors are competitors instead of partners, suspicious instead of trustful, indifferent instead of helpful, cold instead of loving, greedy instead of generous. We no longer consider ourselves living in neighborhoods, but only as living next to 'hoods.' "

" We live in an age that stresses personal goals, careers, happiness, work and religion. The emphasis is on the individual and how best that individual can satisfy himself. "

" Every Christian is important - important to God, to the world, and to the kingdom. "

" When I try to be patient on my own, my patience is forced and short-lived. It is obvious to everyone that I am desperately trying to be patient. "

" Jesus was loyal to his apostles, with full knowledge of their cowardice. He was loyal to the poor, accepting the criticism of the Pharisees, so the destitute would never feel deserted. He was loyal to his father, accomplishing his will even unto death. "

" Jesus showed me what it means to be holy - he did his father's will no matter how difficult it was to accomplish. "

Mother Angelica

Will

Father

" No Christian needs to feel lonely or useless. "

" Any form of over-indulgence creates within the body warning signs of destruction. "

" Jesus did not always like the Apostles' way of acting, but by adapting himself to their temperament, praying for them to his father, giving them a holy example of conduct, he loved them, and that love changed them. "

" It is good to have an intellectual awareness of our dependence upon God - to understand how great He is and how very small we are in His sight. "

" We resemble computers intellectually and animals emotionally. "

" Like Jesus, every human being has enough memories in his past to occupy his time and thoughts continually. It is not the remembrance of these incidents but the reliving of them that creates havoc in our souls. "

" A family spirit is not always synonymous with family life. Bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh makes for brothers, sisters and relatives, who may be as distant as strangers in a foreign land. "

" God's grace is at its best in weakness, so we need never fear our weakness. In fact, these weaknesses will determine in what way we shall glorify God for all eternity. "

" Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one. "

" My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective. "

" There should be in the life of every married couple a continual building of the sacrament. "

" We often forget that everything we see, animate or inanimate, is a visual manifestation of the work of our invisible God. We have become so accustomed to trees, mountains, sky, air, water, flowers, animals, vegetables and people that we no longer see them for what they are - God's work. "

" I cannot bring Christ to my neighbor and to the world if I have not first given him to my family. "

" When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence. "

" Healing and miracles have been a mystery to men of all times. To some, the phenomenon is frightening, while others find it exhilarating. "

" The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation. "

" God cannot forgive a sinner who does not acknowledge his sin. "

" Saints are ordinary people who love Jesus, try to be like him, are faithful to the duties of their state in life, sacrifice themselves for their neighbor, and keep their hearts and minds free of this world. "

" To God, all things are present; there is no past or future - it is all now. "

" For me, a thing must exist before I know it, but with God, it is different - he must know it before it has existence. "

Mother Angelica

Existence

Know

" I am a mirror to my neighbor, and in that mirror, he must see a reflection of Jesus. If that mirror is cloudy or distorted, Jesus' reflection will be so vague it will hardly be seen. "

" Saints are ordinary people who do what they do for the love of Jesus, say what they must say without fear, love their neighbor even when they are cursed by him, and live without regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow. "