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Quote/s of the Day – 11 January – Speaking of Worry

“Let not your hearts be troubled;
believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father’s house are many rooms;
if it were not so, would I have told you
that I go to prepare a place for you?
And when I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again and will take you to myself,
that where I am you may be also.
And you know the way where I am going.”

John 14:1-4

“Where there is charity and wisdom,
there is neither fear nor ignorance.
Where there is patience and humility,
there is neither anger nor vexation.
Where there is poverty and joy,
there is neither greed nor avarice.
Where there is peace and meditation,
there is neither anxiety nor doubt.”

St Francis of Assisi (1181/82 – 1226)

“I will not mistrust Him, Meg,
although I shall feel myself weakening
and on the verge of being overcome with fear.
I shall remember how St Peter, at a blast of wind began to sink
because of his lack of faith and I shall do as he did:
call upon Christ and pray to Him for help.
And then, I trust He shall place His holy hand on me
and in the stormy seas, hold me up from drowning.”

St Thomas More (1478-1535) (Letter to his daughter, Meg, from his prison cell.)

“It will be quite enough to receive the evils
that come upon us from time to time,
without anticipating them by the imagination.”

St Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Doctor of the Church

“Hold your eyes on God
and leave the doing to Him.
That is all the doing you have to worry about.”

St Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)

“Lay all your cares about the future
trustingly in God’s Hands and let yourself
be guided by the Lord just like a little child.”

St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)

“Humble yourselves therefore,
under the mighty hand of God,
so that he may exalt you in due time.
Cast all your anxiety on him
because he cares for you.”

1 Peter 5:6-7

“Do not worry about anything
but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:6-7