Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo and her Thoughts

"I want this year to be a year of holiness for me. 

May my every breath, every heartbeat, 

every movement be for you, my God!" 

(Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo, FSP)

Happy New Year to all!"

Blessed James Alberione and his Thoughts

"May MARY place her little Baby JESUS during this Christmas 

in your warm, humble and generous hearts!" 

(Blessed James Alberione, ssp)

Blessed James Alberione and his Thoughts

"The blessed soul of Mary 

was filled with grace, 

according to her very high mission as Mother of God!" 
Thus the Church sings: 
“You are all beautiful, O Mary, and the sin of origin is not in you!” 

(Blessed James Alberione, ssp)

Thoughts from Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo, fsp

“We are in the month of December, 

the last month of the year. 

This thought should lead us to prepare ourselves well for the birth of Jesus!” 

(Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo, fsp)

Blessed James Alberione and his Thoughts

"Be progressive! 

Feel the impulse in Christ and in the Church--- 

always straining forward, like Paul, the traveler of God!" 

(Blessed James Alberione, ssp)

Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo and her Thoughts

"Never become downhearted over troubles, 

never let discouragement take over. Life is brief.

What is even a hundred years compared to eternity?

(Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo, fsp)

Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo and her Thoughts

"To become SAINTS, only one thing is needed:

to do the will of God, not ours!"

(Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo, fsp)

Venerable Thecla Merlo and her Thoughts

"Imitate Jesus, the Divine Master, 

Way, Truth and Life 

so that our thoughts, 

our ideas, our will, 

our heart 

are like those of JESUS! 

Live life well, 

in ever-renewed and always new fervor!" 

(Venerable Sister Thecla Merlo, fsp)