Thought for the Day - 19 March 2009

"The Church believes that a holy hour spent before the Blessed Sacrament does more good for the well-being of the world than whole days spent in talking about progress to the utter oblivion of the fact that the only true progress consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin; she believes that a pentitent returning to God is of far more consequence than the cancellation of war debts; that an increase of sanctifying grace in a soul is of far more value than the increase of international credit; that a group of cloistered nuns in prayer are more effective in preserving world peace than a group of world politiciabs discussing peace to the forgetfulness of the Prince of Peace."

- Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Manifestations of Christ