"I want to die with the heart of a child beating in my old chest and, God willing, I want to be remembered as a tiny seed that has been planted in the dark, that has roots in eternity and has died singing of the resurrection."

- Sr. Paulette Anne Ducharme

 

"Lord, give us grace and strength to persevere. Give us courage and joy and the quiet mind."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

 

"Lord, as I stumble through this life, help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more happiness than gloom, spread more cheer than despair. Never let me become so indifferent that I will fail to see the wonder in the eyes of a child or the twinkle in the eyes of the aged. Never let me forget that my total effort is to cheer people, make them happy and forget - at least for a moment - all the unpleasant things in their lives. And, Lord, in my final moment, may I hear You whisper: 'When you made my people smile, you made Me smile.'"

- A Clown's Prayer

 

"Lord, how can man preach Thy eternal Word? He is a brittle, crazy glass, yet in him Thy temple Thou dost afford. This glorious and transcendant place, to be a window, through Thy grace, but when Though dost reveal in glass Thy story, making Thy life to shine within the holy priests - then the light and glory more revernd grows and more doth win which else shows watery, bleak, and thin. Doctrine and life, colors and light, in one - when they combine and mingle - bring a strong regard and awe. But speech alone doth vanish like a flaming thing, and in the ear, not conscience, ring."

- George Herbert

 

"There are a lot of people that can call God by the right names to be Christian, but then there are those who have His name written on their hearts, His love in their eyes, His kindness in their touch, and both His smile and tears on their faces. God, I'm often of the first nature; please change me into the second. Thank You, Father."

- Tovya