Some Little Words of Wisdom

Orig: 01/16/09

I picked up “Mother Angelica’s Little Book of Life Lessons”, by Raymond Arroyo. If you’ve never heard of her, Mother Angelica is a little old nun who, at age 58, launched the world’s largest religious media empire, the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). She’s a crusty old lady, who has spoken many words of blunt wisdom. These are a few I liked from the first chapter of the book:

God’s Choice
God is not hindered if He wants to use you, whether you are holy, perfect, imperfect, good or bad. He can speak through an ass if He wants to. And He did. Remember, that’s how He spoke to Balaam the prophet (Num 22:28-30).

So there is hope for all of us.

A Master’s Degree
We’re all trying to get master’s degrees, and so often we forget the Master.

Forgiveness
Forgiveness means “to fore-give.” It means to give before your neighbor does.

Loving God
Since a stroke in 2001, Mother Angelica has been fairly quiet, speaking only when she has to. On March 22, 2006, one of the sisters asked Mother Angelica for a bit of wisdom. Without hesitating she said:
He who loves God loves everybody. He who hates God hates everybody