"Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us perserve in good life. Therefore the sevant of God ought always to be good in spirits." - St. Philip Neri
I am happy! What about you? Are you happy?
"It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls." - St. Teresa of Avila
It reminds me of "Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with pure heart call out to the Lord for help." (2 Tim 2: 22)
"It is a blasphemy if you pray before God when you are full of anger." - St. Ephraem the Syrian
Thou shalt not be angry.
"You tell me you do not have the time to give two or three hours to prayer; who asks you to do so? No one can be excused from ejaculations because it can be made while coming and going about one's business. Recommend yourself to God the first thing in the morning, protest that you do not wish to offend Him, and then go about your affairs, resolved, nevertheless, to raise your spirit to God even amidst company." - St. Francis de Sales
"Oh how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice of the royal prophet: 'Today if you hear God's voice, harden not your heart.' Let us not put off for one moment to another what we 'should' do, because the next moment is not yet ours! - St. Pio of Pietrelcina
So let us put God as the first priority in our lives. For nothing is impossible with God.
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