"We tend to concentrate on ourselves, we tend to think of what we can or cannot do, and we forget about God and his will and his providence.” —Walter J. Ciszek SJ

Complain No More!


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One day, St. Peter Martyr, a Dominican saint who was publicly (but wrongfully) reprimanded and his ordination delayed, said: “Lord, you know that I am innocent of this; why do you permit them to believe it of me?”  The saint heard this sorrowful reply from the crucifix: “And I, Peter, what have I done that they should do this to me?”  Peter complained no more. 

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