Your biggest challenge is a middle class mindset; PFS goes against the traditional, middle class way of thinking.
My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady.
During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us, and then strive to train our heart to bear and forgive these things patiently, in imitation of our Saviour. This is the way to acquire a strong spirit.
Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts.
Believe me, there is no more powerful means to obtain God's grace than to employ the intercessions of the Holy Virgin.
Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director.
At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined.
Immortality--twin sister of Eternity.
Buy clothes the size you want to wear.
I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf
When grace happens, generosity happens. Unsquashable, eyepopping bigheartedness happens.