QUOTATION: The Past and the Future

My past no longer concerns me. It belongs to Divine mercy. My future does not yet concern me. It belongs to Divine providence. What concerns me and what challenges me is today, which belongs to God’s grace and to the devotion of my heart and my good will.

--St. Francis de Sales

QUOTATION: The Present Moment

Let the hope of one day doing great things in the service of God not make you neglect the present moment.

--St. Ignatius Loyola

QUOTATION: Heaven

Let us not forget that we have to merit, purchase, and pay for heaven. The present time is intended only for amassing its price. The crown of justice is given only to victory. and to receive it we must persevere till death. It is not enough to run the race for some years, one is crowned only when he reaches the goal.

--St. Peter Julian Eymard

QUOTATION: Seize the Day

Do now what you wish to have done when your moment comes to die.

--St. Angela Merici

QUOTATION: Faith

It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.

--St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen