Little Things...

Painting by Charles Allston Collins

"Pay attention to little things.
  Everything is great before the Lord"
Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified

                                                                             

Troubled waters...

Painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner


"Take great care to keep tranquility of heart, because Satan fishes in troubled waters."

Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucfied

Sweeter still...

Painting by Edmund Adler

" It is sweet to hear someone speak of Jesus, 
but sweeter to hear Jesus Himself.  
It is sweet to think of Jesus 
but sweeter to possess Him.  
It is sweet to listen to Jesus, 
but sweeter to do His will."
Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified

Staying small...

Painting by Ben Austrian


"Be small;
 be and remain small, 
so that the mother keeps you under her wings, 
as the hen keeps her little ones 
and chases them away when they are grown. 
 Be small, small…
Jesus will keep you.  
See the hen and the little chicks; 
as long as they are small, she feeds them with  her little beak, 
she hides them under her wings; 
they lack nothing.
 Be small, the Lord will keep you,
 He will feed you."
Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified, Carmelite Nun