Happy Birthday, Mother!
Have a beautiful birthday, Mother Angelica! You are dearly loved by all of us!
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Prayer in Darkness
"Lord, I am wounded. I don't know where to go. I don't even know what to say. I can't even pray." That may be the best prayer in the world because it demonstrates faith amid darkness. ~ Mother Angelica, in Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and everyday spirituality edited by Raymond Arroyo, page 143. Image Source
The Patron Saint of the Grouchy
"Did you ever see a statue of a grouchy saint? I saw one once. It was the most gorgeous one I ever saw. It was Padre Pio, who was a grouch, you know. Now everybody excuses the poor guy and says, 'Well, he had the stigmata and he was suffering.' Come off it. He was a grouch; he was a typical Italian grouch -- which I can relate to! So I bought that statue in New Orleans a few years ago. He has the most beautiful, grumpy look on his face. See, that's my kind of saint. I want a saint who struggles like I do. There's no such thing as perfection. There is only the struggle for holiness." ~ Mother Angelica in Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality , edited by Raymond Arroyo, page 166