PROVERBS FROM A LAY CISTERCIAN TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Here are some ideas that flashed through my mind this morning at 2:10 a.m. Don’t ask! In one way or another, I have either coined these sayings myself or, more likely, picked them up from other sources during my lifetime. I offer them without commentary. A (*) indicates it might have come from me.

Peace of Christ is not like the world thinks of as peace. Christ’s peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of His love.*

Don’t allow yourself to be held hostage by the hatred of others.*

The most difficult task I have as a follower of Christ is to remain silent when others are calling my commitment to Christ a fairy tale, la-la land, and telling me that I am worthless in my belief in Jesus as Lord. This is the meaning of turning the other cheek.*

If you break the commandments, they break you. (Father Conrad Louis, O.S.B.)

No one can say Jesus is Lord unless by the Holy Spirit. (I Corinthians 12:3)

The purpose of life is not Marriage, but the purpose of Marriage is life.*

Only the rich can get to heaven. Just make sure it is God’s riches you store up and not your own.*

Just because your road is rocky, doesn’t mean you are on the wrong road.*

There are dark times ahead. There will be a time when we must choose between what is right and what is easy. (Professor Dumbledore to Harry Potter, in The Goblet of Fire) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA2FMxfwDAI

Life is changed, not ended. This is not the end. (Gandolf the White) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_FmqI7QKck

What is essential is invisible to the eye. (The Little Prince) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_FmqI7QKck

Render to Caesar that which is Caesar’s and to God, that which is God’s. (Mark 12:17)

Messing with God’s plan is not only futile but leads to unintended consequences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMqReTJkjjg&t=191s

That in all things, God be glorified. –St. Benedict

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