Be ever Ready to Praise

A quote from Catherine McAuley;

Be ever ready to praise, to encourage, to stimulate, but slow to censure
and still more slow to condemn.

Catherine certainly had a way to make most things quite practical! these words are quite good for us to remember 175 years later. As a teacher in lower elementary school, I have tried to live by them in my professional work. what I don't often do is live by them in my personal life. Even in my spiritual life, I find that I use them. I guess I need to practice this even more today.

As I finish my retreat this week (today is the last day), it gives me pause to see how I could be better at this and to work on it one day at a time. The political situation is just one area that I need to practice this , as are the areas of relating to the Church and to social justice issues. As the saying goes; "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

today, check to see if your words are honey or vinegar. Maybe you need, like I do, an attitude change in some aspects of your life.

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