Name: Words of the Foundress
Start: 2023-07-31T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00

Words of the Foundress

July 2023

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					1 Words of the Foundress June 19, 2023 – July 1, 2023 "The more you see yourself poor and miserable the more you will have recourse to the God of mercy. And you will wait for the graces you see yourself in need of not out of your own merits, but only from the goodness of God, always ready to console the one who trusts only in Him." Words of the Foundress July 1, 2023 "The more you see yourself poor and miserable the more you will have recourse to the God of mercy. And you will wait for the graces you see yourself in need of not out of your own merits, but only from the goodness of God, always ready to console the one who trusts only in Him."	2 Words of the Foundress July 2, 2023 "Let us be holily embarrassed, let us humble ourselves, since the occasion is not wanting. We think we are giants and when the occasions come, we find ourselves pygmies and this makes us restless, afflicted, and unhappy. This, my dear daughter, is not true humility but self-centered love."
3 Words of the Foundress July 3, 2023 "True humility consists in the knowledge of ourselves, of our misery and powerlessness and in the recognition of the greatness, power and goodness of God toward us."	4 Words of the Foundress July 4, 2023 "Let us enliven our faith, let us be watchful over all our actions."	5 Words of the Foundress July 5, 2023 "Let us ask our loving Lord for help, support, counsel, strength, love. But let us ask for all of this with humility, and trust, and be assured that everything will be given to us."	6 Words of the Foundress July 6, 2023 "May the Lord bless you and give you love, generosity, courage."	7 Words of the Foundress July 7, 2023 "The Lord is very merciful to us when he rebukes us for our faults, our defects. Let us not fail, my dear Daughters, to thank him, and to make use of them, at least of those we know, and which our conscience reproaches us for, by amending ourselves."	8 Words of the Foundress July 8, 2023 "Pay attention to mortification, to gentleness and charity towards the sisters; vigilant in fulfilling the tasks given you by obedience and exactness in doing them well out of love for God. Happy will you be, if you will be attentive to all this."	9 Words of the Foundress July 9, 2023 "Keep yourselves, dear daughters, as much as you can in the presence of God; desire nothing else, seek for nothing else but the fulfillment of the divine will in all things and at all times."
10 Words of the Foundress July 10, 2023 "Time passes swiftly, poorly we if we misuse it, if we dissipate it. What an account we'll have to give of it! And what useless regrets by then!"	11 Words of the Foundress July 11, 2023 "May the Lord bless you and fill you with courage, love and confidence."	12 Words of the Foundress July 12, 2023 "Take courage, my dear daughter; your defects are covered and overcome by the mercy of the Lord every time you humble yourself."	13 Words of the Foundress July 13, 2023 "If you get discouraged upon seeing your defects, this is not a sign of true humility, but an art of the common enemy. Courage, then, trust in Divine goodness, have a healthy suspicion about yourself and you'll obtain what you desire."	14 Words of the Foundress July 14, 2023 "Is your will ready to give to God's proofs of your love, in exchange of those (proofs) that Jesus has given you in suffering and dying for you?"	15 Words of the Foundress July 15, 2023 "Love, suffer and trust. God loves you and deserves all your love. Jesus has suffered much for you... and he asks of you nothing else but love, accompanied by a great faith."	16 Words of the Foundress July 16, 2023 "Try to remain tranquil, trusting in the goodness of our loving Jesus."
17 Words of the Foundress July 17, 2023 "In your pains raise your mind to God... Throw yourself wholly into the sacred wounds of Jesus and never get discouraged."	18 Words of the Foundress July 18, 2023 "Let us love with all our heart this divine lover; let us accept from his divine hands the pains and comforts he accords us, everything for our good."	19 Words of the Foundress July 19, 2023 "Jesus agonizing and dying on the cross wanted to bear even the abandonment of his heavenly Father... On the contrary, if we are suffering, how much help, how much assistance, how many comforts he lavishes on us."	20 Words of the Foundress July 20, 2023 "Reflect that the basis of true piety is humility of heart, abnegation of our own will and victory over human respect."	21 Words of the Foundress July 21, 2023 "Our greatest cross is that of having always to fight our passions. Courage and confidence in God and we'll obtain everything we need to fight and win."	22 Words of the Foundress July 22, 2023 "The knowledge of your weakness should serve you to become humble; esteem it as a treasure."	23 Words of the Foundress July 23, 2023 "The devil would laugh and sing for victory if he could induce a soul, by way of false humility, not to trust in Divine Mercy, which would be a subtle form of pride."
24 Words of the Foundress July 24, 2023 "Let us not trust ourselves alone, my dear daughter, and may a greater confidence and trust in his goodness result from the greater knowledge of our misery that God in his mercy gives us."	25 Words of the Foundress July 25, 2023 "God knows better than you this misery and, (as you say) insufficient response of yours; but does he become indignant with this? No, dear daughter; rather he shows you his loving Heart open for your comfort and refuge, in order to stir you to limitless confidence."	26 Words of the Foundress July 26, 2023 "God loves you, he can do everything... what should you be afraid of if you trust in him?"	27 Words of the Foundress July 27, 2023 "Drive away every doubt, humble yourself, yes, fear yourself, but may confidence in God be always greater than your fear. In so doing you will give to God that tribute you owe him of a living faith, a measureless trope and of that love he asks of you."	28 Words of the Foundress July 28, 2023 "May the Holy Spirit shoot your heart with one of those darts which would inflame it and make it burn with the purest love."	29 Words of the Foundress July 29, 2023 "May the Holy Spirit free your heart from all the demands of your self-centered love and faint-heartedness, which the father of the proud would like to make use of to lead you to despair, or at least to weaken your spirit."	30 Words of the Foundress July 30, 2023 "Remember that the principal purpose of this Institute is to practice perfect charity, corporal as well as spiritual, towards the destitute sick and to sanctify yourself in these works of mercy, with the abnegation of your own will."
31 Words of the Foundress July 31, 2023 "I desire that you keep yourself in good health in order to fulfill the obligations our Rules require of us, and the spirit of our Institute."

July 2, 2023

Words of the Foundress

July 2, 2023

"Let us be holily embarrassed, let us humble ourselves, since the occasion is not wanting. We think we are giants and when the occasions come, we find ourselves pygmies and this makes us restless, afflicted, and unhappy. This, my dear daughter, is not true humility but self-centered love."