To surrender all that we are, as we are, to the spirit of love in order that our lives may bear Christ into the world – that is what we shall be aske… - Caryll Houselander

Lift up your eyes and see the star!

It seems a law of fallen nature that life must always come to its being through darkness, and this makes us even more aware of its beauty. Dawn is lovelier because it comes after night, spring because it follows winter.

God's will for you is to serve him, in his way, as he chooses now. It is only a want of humility to think of extreme vocations, like being a nun or a nurse, while you try to by-pass your present obvious vocation . . . Today you have to use what you have today, and do not look beyond it.