Oh how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it, because, on the day of judgment, all will have to render a strict account of it to the supreme Judge. Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy manner! Leggi tutto »
Take hay while the sun shines. Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today. It’s easy enough to be wise after the event, besides, 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 the voice of the Lord, do not turn a deaf ear”. Let us arise and make use of thetleeting moment which alone one moment to another because the latter is not yet ours. Leggi tutto »
Let us say to ourselves with the full conviction of telling the truth, ” My soul, begin today to do the good works which to this day you have not done”. Let us be moved by the presence of God. Let us often say to ourselves, “God sees me, and as He looks at me He also judges me”. Let us act in such a way that He sees only good in us. Leggi tutto »
Through divine grace we are at the beginning of a new year. God alone knows whether we shall reach the end of it, so we should spend it in reparation for the past and in preparing for the future with good resolutions. Good works go hand in hand with good intentions. Leggi tutto »
The palm of victory is reserved only for those who fight up to the end. Therefore let us begin this year our holy battle. God will assist us and crown us with eternel triumph. Leggi tutto »
And yet, once last hour has come, and our hearts have ceased to beat, everything will be finished for us and the tima to merit as well as to demerit. We will present ourselves to Christ the Judge just as death finds us. Our cries of supplication, our tears, our sighs of repentance, which while still on earth would have won God’s heart, could have made us with the help of the sacraments, saints out of sinners, today is worthless; the time of mercy is passed, now begins the yime of justice. Leggi tutto »
