Category: Contemplations

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:4-5 . “We must not trust in our own wisdom but in the Lord alone. For He directs a person’s steps. We are also called to show …

“Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:13,14 . “The Lord clarifies …

“Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.” Philippians 4:5 . “Have, then, before your eyes, as an image, the virgin life of Mary, from whom as from a mirror shines forth the brightness of chastity and the form of virtue.” St Ambrose

And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” Matthew 15:27 . . “Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation and bond of all virtue” St John Chrysostom