Wimmer Wednesday “I do not know the future. I only show you the cross. If you take it upon your shoulders, very well. Do not, however, complain afterwards when from time to time you feel its weight. Jesus said to his apostles, “Behold, I have told you beforehand,” and “Behold, Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “We must all be animated by a mutual love and confidence in one another. Perhaps next to confidence in God, these qualities will often be the only means to console and support us in our difficulties and hardships. Through harmony, small things grow; through dissension, great things are Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “You are in quest of beautiful surroundings, a comfortable home, or a life of ease, but that you are seeking the opportunity to carry the cross of self denial after the crucified Jesus, to save or regain souls that otherwise would be lost and for which His blood Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “If, however, you feel the call within you, you will not allow yourselves to be deterred by obstacles from following this impulse, because the greater the sacrifice, the greater the reward. We will be able to say to Our Lord with Peter, ‘Behold we have left everything and Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “You must be determined to become religious not only to be united to Christ more closely and follow Him more faithfully, but, if necessary, to do more for Him, to suffer for Him, and not by any means to go with the intention of becoming priests more easily Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “My road can be made difficult but cannot be blocked. I can be held back and slowed down but not stopped. I go my way because I firmly believe that God wills it. He who has removed so many difficulties already will also remove the others that I Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “…The Benedictines are men of stability; they are not wandering monks; they acquire lands and bring them under cultivation; they become thoroughly affiliated to the country and people to which they belong, and they receive their recruits from the district in which they have established themselves.“The Benedictine Order Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “For a long time I have given much and even daily thought to this journey of mine. I understand all the difficulties: local, physical, and moral. I have also often considered that it would be presumptuous to think of forcing oneself on God as if one had a Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “People plant trees although they are certain that the fruit will benefit only the next generation. Should we think only of today and tomorrow? The Lord has provided for our needs so wonderfully and so quickly, should we not confide in Him still more? Must we measure everything Read more
Wimmer Wednesday “I cannot discard the thought that everyone who feels drawn towards this vocation has the obligation of dedicating himself to the missionary life. I sincerely believe that we religious priests are bound to carry out such work more strictly than the secular clergy, that it is a disgrace Read more