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Corry O
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Posted: June 19 2009 at 12:55pm \| IP Logged

Forgive me if this quote has been shared here before, but this thought from Catherine Doherty was just what I needed today. We all need a little inspiration to be faithful to the moment's needs.

"The duty of the moment is what you should be doing at any given time, in whatever place God has put you. You may not have Christ in a homeless person at your door, but you may have a little child. If you have a child, your duty of the moment may be to change a dirty diaper. So you do it. But you don't just change that diaper, you change it to the best of your ability, with great love for both God and that child.... There are all kinds of good Catholic things you can do, but whatever they are, you have to realize that there is always the duty of the moment to be done. And it must be done, because the duty of the moment is the duty of God."

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Posted: June 19 2009 at 1:19pm \| IP Logged

Corry, This is beautiful and so appropriate for us as homeschooling mothers! Thank you for sharing this.

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Willa
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Posted: June 19 2009 at 1:19pm \| IP Logged

That quote was very timely to me, too, Corry. Thanks for sharing it today!

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Posted: June 19 2009 at 3:08pm \| IP Logged

Corry,

I LOVE Servant of God, Catherine Doherty. I have a perpetual calendar with daily quotes from her books and life that I treasure.

Thanks for this quote--I am definitely at a time where living in the moment is the only way I can manage.

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Posted: June 20 2009 at 6:25am \| IP Logged

Amen!!!!!

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