Matthew 18:12-14
Jesus said to His disciples: "What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost."
The Gospel of the Lord.
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father. [For the Son of man is come to save that which is lost.] What is your . . . . "
How valuable are we to the Lord. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Lk 21:18. (An assurance of the most special providence over all Christ's disciples.)
Nothing is more astonishing than the care and concern of God for His followers.
God the Father does not want to lose any one of us, even any part of us, so that He [and His guardian angels, the angels in heaven] watches over us and will bring us with Him to heaven to be with Him to the end of time.
Christ will lead us through sufferings, to glory with Him.
Everything that is ordered is a creation of God.
There are people —our husband or wife, our children, relatives and friends, etc.— for whom we may be the only chance they have of recovering the happiness of faith and a life of grace.
The inscription on the floor at the entrance to the Chapel at St. Joseph College in West Hartford: "May all who enter this Chapel be saved." The Chapel was the gift of Joseph Connor and his wife Jane. The husband died shortly afterwards. As Jane Connor took the first shovel fill of dirt for the ground breaking she prayed in a whisper, "May all who enter this Chapel be saved." The prayer was heard and preserved,
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