St. Mary MacKillop

poetry, quotes

“Have courage no matter what your crosses are.”

“Love one another and help one another.”

“Cling to the will of God.”

“Have courage.”

“Let no obstacles deter you from proceeding with courage.”

“God knows what is best for us all.”

“In God and for God.”

“It is by love that God has always led me, by love that God reproves me, by love that God lets me see love in all.”

“Let not weakness make you discouraged.”

“People should never see a need and do nothing to help.”

“Trust in God’s Providence, interfering as it always does for our own good.”

“Always remember to love one another.”

“God is truly good to us all.”

“God is so good.”

“We must do the will of Him we love.”

“Bear your little trials with patience and love.”

“With these crosses He gives many precious graces to make the soul bear them.”

“He will Himself be your support and strength.”

“Do be faithful in little things.”

“My heart would sink but for the firm conviction that God’s word can never fail.”

“May the Sacred Heart shield you and uphold you in every trouble.”

“We have all very much for which to thank and love God.”

“Who am I to stand in God’s way?”

“Reject no one. You never know what grace can do.”

“We must teach more by example than by word.”

“May God grant you courage and true wisdom in all you do and say.”

“Remember, there is, even on this earth, a day of bright reward for all your prayers and faithful perseverance.”

“Seek to please God.”

“How truly wonderful are God’s ways and how little we understand them.”

“We must often feel weary and tired yet God brings us through all these things.”

“May God’s grace enable you to see and do the right thing.”

“Let us ever hope that you look for strength from God who alone can give it.”

“Lean more on God and less on ourselves.”

“With God’s aid we shall get on and gain fresh strength and energy for the work.”

“Never expect perfection, and bear quietly the defects that from time to time come under your notice.”

“Pray to be ever ready for God’s will even when it takes you by surprise.”

“Bear in mind that you have only to answer for your own faults.”

“God is merciful because He knows how weary we are.”

“God understands us better than we understand ourselves or each other.”

“I cannot feel sufficiently grateful to our good God.”

“The cross appears lighter when carried with Jesus.”

“May God be praised for all, and keep me strong.”

“Trust in God.”

“Live in perfect charity and love, aiding and mutually encouraging one another in the thorny yet strong sweet path marked out for each of us to follow.”

“When I want something very much I thank God beforehand for I feel God will certainly grant what He has been thanked for.”

“Always try to have success in your work but remember God is often glorified in your failure.”

“No duty is too little to be done well.”

“God is so good we ought to cling to Him with love and hope”

“Hoping that you will be happy and full of courage”

“Lean upon God.”

“The work of God goes on, and for this we have much to thank Him.”

“All will be right with time and a little patience.”

“Try always to be generous with God.”

“Try to make yourself happy and do not give way to low spirits or anxiety of any kind.”

“Whatever troubles may be before you, accept them cheerfully, remembering whom you are trying to follow.”

“Do all you can to work in unity.”

“There where you are, you will find God.”

“Have courage, trust in God, St Joseph and our Blessed Mother, and you need have no fear.”

“I cannot forget that there is a dear good God watching over us.”

“To me, the will of God is a dear book which I am never tired of reading and which has always some new charm for me. Nothing is too little to be noticed.”

“May God give you patience and courage in your sufferings.”

“May God help me to do what is right.”

“Oh how good God is!”

“God’s presence seems to follow me everywhere and makes everything I do or wish to do a prayer.”

“He is a just and merciful God, you may be sure that the trial is sent in love.”

“Let us be joyful and thank God.”

“Courage, courage, trust in God who helps you in all things.”

“May God be praised for all.”

“In every difficulty apply to St Joseph with confidence and you will never be disappointed.”

“I am sorry sometimes to see a kind of little-mindedness where there ought to be more generosity and simple trust.”

“I saw that God would provide the means, would guide me on the way, and would provide a friend to do for me what I could not do myself.”

“Look upon your crosses as stepping stones to the eternal life of happiness.”