“The glorious
company of the apostles praise Thee.
The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee.
The white-robed army of martyrs praise Thee.
All Thy saints and elect with one voice do acknowledge Thee,
O Blessed Trinity, one God!”
---Feast of All Saints, Antiphon at Lauds, from the Te Deum
As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit.” He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge
them with this sin!” And with that he died.
---Acts 7:59-60
November 2,
2007
“It is a great
loss if we greet every day with clenched hands stuffed with
our own devices. We will never know what is out there
waiting for us if we don’t extend an empty hand to the world
and wait for the wonder to happen.”
---Daniel Homan, O.S.B., and Lonni Collins Pratt, in The
Little Book of Hours
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be
glad in it.
---Psalm 118:24
November 3,
2007
“We would
accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as
impossible.”
---Vince Lombardi (1913-1970), football coach
I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.
---Philippians 4:13
November 4,
2007
“Give us, O
Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may
drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no
tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no
unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O
Lord, our God, understanding to know You, diligence to seek
You, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace You;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
---Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274), the greatest philosopher and
theologian of the medieval church
Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the
wicked or stand around with sinners, or join in with
mockers. But they delight in the law of the Lord, mediating
on it day and night.
---Psalm 1:1-2
November 5,
2007
“Motivation
will almost always beat mere talent.”
---Norman R. Augustine, retired Chairman and CEO of Lockheed
Martin Corp.
I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest
runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest
warrior doesn’t always win the battle.
---Ecclesiastes 9:11
November 6,
2007
“Take, Lord,
and receive all my liberty, my memory, my intellect, and all
my will---all that I have and possess. You gave them to me;
to You, Lord, I return them. All is Yours, dispose of all
according to Your will. Give me only Your love and grace,
for these are enough for me.
---Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Spanish ecclesiastic
reformer, mystic, and founder of the Society of Jesus
Give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice---the kind he will
find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
---Romans 12:1
November 7,
2007
“We are what we
love. If we love God, in Whose image we were created, we
discover ourselves in Him and we cannot help being happy; we
have already achieved something of the fullness of being for
which we were destined in our creation. If we love anything
else but God, we contradict the image born in our very
essence, and we cannot help being unhappy, because we are a
living caricature of what we are meant to be.”
---Thomas Merton (1915-1968), writer and Trappist monk of
the Abbey of Gethsemani, quoted in The Waters of Siloe
You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all
your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.
---Mark 12:29
November 8,
2007
“Do not look
where you fell, but where you slipped.”
---African proverb
The Lord helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their
loads.
---Psalm 145:14
November 9,
2007
“Four short
words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals
above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was
expected of them and a little bit more.”
---A. Lou Vickery, writer
Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way,
we never give up.
---II Corinthians 4:1
November 10,
2007
“I would rather
fail in the cause that some day will triumph than triumph in
a cause that some day will fail.”
---Woodrow Wilson
Our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet
they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and
will last forever!”
---II Corinthians 4:17
November 11,
2007
“This nation
will remain the land of the free only as long as it is the
home of the brave.”
---Elmer Davis
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when
the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
---Proverbs 28:12
November 12,
2007
“It takes a lot
of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to
prove you are ignorant.”
---Don Herold
“Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with
their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.”
---Proverbs 17:28
November 13,
2007
“Listen and
attend with the ear of your heart.”
---St. Benedict of Nursia (480-ca.547), founder of Western
monasticism
Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and
understand what he is saying to the churches.
---Revelation 2:7
November 14,
2007
“If our hopes
are being disappointed just now, it means that they are
being purified. There is nothing noble the human mind has
ever hoped for or dreamed of that will not be fulfilled. One
of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for
God.”
---Oswald Chambers, (1874-1917), Christian teacher and
minister
Be still and know that I am God.
---Psalm 46:10
November 15,
2007
“Failures do what is tension
relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.”
---Dennis Waitley, speaker, author
I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but
that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been
in the past.
---Philippians 1:20
November 16,
2007
“Eighty percent
of success is showing up.”
---Woody Allen, actor, film director, writer
We sent Timothy to visit you. He is our brother and God’s
co-worker in proclaiming the Good News of Christ. We sent
him to strengthen you, to encourage you in your faith, and
to keep you from being shaken by the troubles you were going
through.
---I Thessalonians 3:1-3
November 17,
2007
“We ruin our
life of prayer if we are constantly examining our prayer and
seeking the fruit of prayer in a peace that is nothing more
than a psychological process. The only thing to seek in
contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully
when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He shows
Himself to us, yet at the same time that He would not have
inspired us to seek Him unless we had already found Him.”
---Thomas Merton (1915-1968), influential Roman Catholic
author, Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani
Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my place of
refuge. You are all I really want in life.”
---Psalm 142:5
November 18,
2007
“”God has a
peculiar passion for the forgotten. Have you noticed? See
his hand on the festered skin of the leper? See the face of
the prostitute cupped in his hands? Notice how he responds
to the touch of the woman with the hemorrhage? See him with
his arm around little Zaccheus?”
---Max Lucado, minister, author
Jesus said,…”The Son of Man came to seek and to save what
was lost.”
---Luke 19:9, 10
November 19,
2007
“If you can do
something about it, do it. If you can’t, it’s futile to
worry about it.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
---Matthew 6:27
November 20,
2007
“If wisdom’s
ways you wisely seek,
Five things observe with care,
To whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where
---Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), author of Little House
on the Prairie
Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.
---Psalm 141:3
November 21,
2007
“Guilt is
perhaps the most painful companion of death.”
---Coco Chanel (1883-1971), French designer, cosmetician
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
---Romans 3:23
November 22,
2007
"Giving thanks
is at least a start of receiving grace."
---David B. Whitlock
"Thanks be to God for His
indescribable gift!"
---II Corinthians 9:15
November 23,
2007
“The person who
has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.”
---Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), novelist
Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has
done.
---Colossians 2:7
November 24,
2007
The ultimate
test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.
---unknown
How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together
in harmony.
---Psalm 133:1
November 25,
2007
“Failing
forward is acceptable for in the failure we learn. Failing
backwards is unacceptable because the cause of such a
failure is that we have quit and therefore ceased to learn.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
We are perplexed but we don’t give up and quit.
---II Corinthians 4:8
November 26,
2007
“I like to work
half a day. I don’t care if it’s the first 12 hours or the
second 12 hours. I just put in my half every day. It keeps
me out of trouble.”
---Kemmons Wilson (1913-2003), founder of Holiday Inn chain
of hotels
Work hard and become a leader…
---Proverbs 12:24
November 27,
2007
“Let us do our
duty in our shop or in our kitchen, in the market, the
street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully
as if we stood in their front rank of some great battle, and
knew that victory for mankind depends on our bravery,
strength, and skill.”
---Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Congregational minister
Your duty is to go and preach the gospel.
---Luke 9:60
November 28,
2007
“You can’t hear
God speak to someone else, you can only hear him if you are
being addressed.”
---Ludwig Wittgenstein
One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by
asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to
inherit eternal life?” Jesus replied, “What does the law of
Moses say? How do you read it?”
---Luke 10:25-26
November 29,
2007
“I’m going to a
special place when I die, but I want to make sure my life is
special while I’m here.”
---Payne Stewart (1957-1999) American golfer
For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even
better.
---Philippians 1:21
November 30,
2007
“You don’t
believe my words now, but you’ll come to it
yourself…Suffering is a great thing.”
---Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), Russian novelist
When troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for
great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your
endurance has a chance to grow.
---James 1:2-3
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