Catholic Cookie Jar: Stop worrying, start trusting

If you are the kind of person who worries about everything (I know I am), then this post is for you. There are some great quotes that will really make you think about what we're really doing when we worry, as well as some great book recommendations.

Catholic Cookie Jar: Stop worrying, start trusting: I have a tendency to worry.  A lot.  My mom can attest to the fact that I need many reminders to focus on the present and stop worrying abou...

A Night Prayer

Jesus Christ, my God,

I adore Thee and I thank Thee

for all the graces Thou hast

bestowed on me this day.

I offer Thee my sleep

and every moment of this night,

and I beseech Thee

to keep me free from sin.

Therefore I place myself

in Thy most sacred side and

under the protecting mantle of

our Lady, my mother.

May Thy holy angels help me

and keep me in peace,

and may Thy blessings be upon me.

~St. Alphonsus Liguori

First Stop, London!

We started our trip off in London, but we were only there for one day so we did not see a whole lot. In fact we had so many delays that day most of what we saw was as we drove by it. We did get a glimpse of Westminster Abbey, Big Ben (can you really miss it?!), and St. Paul's Cathedral, but the main event of the day was the inside of St. Thomas More's CELL!! I believe we were supposed to see more of the Tower of London, but like I said we were really delayed...

Westminster Abbey

Big Ben

St. Paul's Cathedral

My Sweet Husband!!

Inside the Tower grounds

Inside the Tower grounds...

Inside the Tower grounds...

St. Thomas More's CELL

St. Thomas More's CELL...

St. Thomas More's CELL...the famous window

St. Thomas More's CELL...the famous window...

St. Thomas More's CELL...the famous window

(that was a great moment for him)

St. Thomas More's CELL...

St. Thomas More's burial site

Inside St. Thomas More's burial site

Memorial where Anne Boleyn was beheaded

Cute Picture!!

part of the Tower of London

Tower where St. Thomas More was kept (see the window), and in the sme tower right above him was St. John Fisher

View from the outside...

Statue of Our Lady

Church of the English Martyr's

(where Mass was said that day)

More to come from the Holy Land...

True Love

"What a weakness it is to love Jesus Christ

only when He caresses us,

and to be cold immediately once He afflicts us.

This is not true love.

Those who love thus, love themselves too much

to love God with their whole heart."

~St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

The Little Flower

"You know well enough that Our Lord does not

look so much at the greatness of our actions,

nor even at their difficulty,

but at the love with which we do them."

~St. Therese Of Lisieux