Claire Dwyer 
“I do believe that with experience, we can recognize patterns that allow an educated guess as to how long desolation will last.” – Fr. Mark Yavarone, OMV
“It is the great paradox of the cross that makes a public spectacle of every human and worldly presumption.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“So you’ve got $500 in your pocket and she’s only got $50. Big deal; the debt owed is three trillion dollars. ‘ – Monsignor Charles Pope
“Praying the chaplet…allowed me to better come to grips with my sinful inclinations and begin to root them out of my life.” – Thomas Griffin
“Discern what the Holy Spirit wants for you right now….You don’t have to take it all in today.” – Colleen Orchanian
“There are different degrees of scrupulosity, and it tends to manifest in two distinct ways: developmental and emotional.” – Jamie Rose Bell
“The image of a severe Ignatius could certainly be constructed from some of the events that immediately followed his conversion.” – Fr. Mark Yavarone OMV
“He has contemplated you as a gift to give to His Son from before time began.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
“Contemplation is not the fruit of a strong will, but a grace received from God that gently and steadily reorients the whole of life.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock, CFR
“Further, the suffering that he allows for each individual is particular to that individual’s spiritual needs, similar to how an oncologist prescribes an individualized treatment plan to each of his patients.” – Jen Arnold
“God calls us to work and pray. The devil uses discouragement to prevent both activities.” – Colleen Orchanian
“If we truly wish to examine our spiritual lives, we need only ask ourselves, How much am I like Mary?’” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock, CFR
“When the worst of the storm was over, we could see more clearly that just “stepping” had been enough.” – Christine Hanus
“There is a reason why we Catholics fruitfully meditate on the ‘Sorrowful Mysteries’ rather than the ‘Shameful Mysteries.'” – Fr. Derek Sakowski
“Emotional intelligence helps us become honest enough to bring our whole being to God, and stable enough to let those feelings be purified into charity.” – Marge Steinhage Fenelon
“How could Jesus be present in a heart so full of torment, so full of ‘abominable thoughts’?” – Jenny duBay
“All mortification is futile, unless it is mystically joined to the redemption He wrought.”- Glenn Dickinson
“Not only was our soul created for heaven, but also our body, which, after the resurrection, will be welcomed into our heavenly home.” – Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen
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