Sometimes my worst day - one filled with pain and suffering - in the eyes of God, is my best day if I've born it cheerfully and I've born it with love. Mother Angelica More Quotes by Mother Angelica More Quotes From Mother Angelica We did not happen to be--we were chosen by God to exist. Mother Angelica chosen-by-god chosen happens Jesus is giving you such an opportunity to be holy, holier than all the saints that have ever been, because the world is in such need of shining lives, beacons to see by. Mother Angelica opportunity giving jesus God keeps the entire Universe in order, and still finds time to take a personal interest in you and me. Mother Angelica interest stills order I guess that is what dying must be like; to be finished and to be able to look back at the struggles of life, and know that God was your constant companion. Mother Angelica able dying struggle The suffering of this life not only can make our temperament more like the Divine Personality of Jesus, but it detaches us from this world. This Divine preparation opens our souls to the working and pruning of the Father. Mother Angelica personality father jesus Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: Saint. Mother Angelica degrees names men Our minds are so undisciplined that our doubts rule our lives and we don't master our imagination - it masters us. Mother Angelica imagination doubt mind Only in eternity shall we see the beauty of the soul, and only then shall we realize what great things were accomplished by interior suffering. Mother Angelica realizing soul suffering Remember, vote for life. It may be your own. Mother Angelica vote may remember Lord # God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life. Mother Angelica symphony names heart God does awesome things with us. Mother Angelica awesome-things doe Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity. Mother Angelica memory forgiveness passion hate When we begin to build walls of prejudice, hatred, pride, and self-indulgence around ourselves, we are more surely imprisoned than any prisoner behind concrete walls and iron bars. Mother Angelica walls behind hatred pride The sinner who suddenly realizes God's love for him and then looks at his rejection of that love feels a loss similar to the death of a loved one. A deep void is created in the soul and a loneliness akin to the agony of death. Mother Angelica loneliness god love death Two of man's basic needs are to love and to share. Both of these needs are satisfied in greater or lesser degree by friendship. Mother Angelica man satisfied love friendship God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye. Mother Angelica insect eye god grass Men climb mountains, scale heights, venture into the unexplored to prove to other men it can be done. Mother Angelica climb mountains prove men Family life is the backbone of mankind, and that life is dependent upon mutual giving, sharing, and receiving from each other. It entails the proper use of each other's successes and failures for mutual up-building. Mother Angelica sharing family giving life Each angel that God created was in himself a masterpiece. Each one possessed his own degree of intelligence and his own beauty. Mother Angelica intelligence angel god beauty A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible reality. Mother Angelica sacrament sign invisible reality
