Thought of the day

  • Love one another, mutually pardon each other your little defects; forestall all that can give you pleasure; trials become sweet when they are shared.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Important works lie open to us. If it is God who calls us, we cannot hold back. Only, we must fear to undertake the change.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Be firm to correct the least defects, but kind and indulgent to those weaknesses in which the heart is not involved.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Help each other mutually. Unity makes strength. Without this union, individuals are threatened with ruin.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Be united and we will be very strong. Let us reflect. Think of what God promises to those who are faithful to Him.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Seek God alone in your actions. May he be your aim in all that you do and He will be your recompense.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Try to make your happiness together by your good accord…. Do all for the love of God.

    May the Blessed Virgin be your model in all your actions.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • I have few small difficulties, but they are necessary for me, so I accept them with gratitude.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • How easy it is to be deceived; one often believes that one is not able, while it is that one is not willing.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Bring up your children well, so that the parents may be content; love them, they will love you and you will make them what you will.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • God is with us. He will not leave us alone.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • When you convert one single soul, it is more precious than all the riches of the world.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • God dwells where peace reigns. To preserve this, we must not fear to sacrifice self-love which is the enemy of peace.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • When one seeks God alone, one makes no mistake.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Let us have but one heart and one soul which belong to God alone.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • I desire that you make every effort to live in a good relationship, for the greater glory of God and the salvation of the neighbour. My God, how happy we are when we have patience and nothing worries us!

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Let us try to make good use of the graces that the good God grants us.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Nothing is lost that is done for God.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Go slowly but never turn back. May charity be your rule and gentleness the lot of your dear brothers and sisters.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • If God and Religions are not the beginning and the end of our actions, we labour in vain and we have no merit in God’s sight. It is important for us all to be well penetrated with this truth.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Be cheerful and courageous. Put all your confidence in God.

    He will be your light, your strength. Count on Him and nothing will be lacking unto you.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Let us have a noble and generous soul; let us not stoop to trivialities.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Let us confide in God in spite of our sins. This confidence must be founded on our misery, on our needs, on the merits of our divine Saviour whose mercy is infinite.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Constancy, patience – contentment will follow.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • I have begun by saying that we desire only one thing – to do the Will of God. To accomplish this, we will be able to overcome all difficulties.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

  • Let us love the poor, console them, instruct the youth, teach them the duties they must fulfil towards God and their neighbour.

    - Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

Blessed Anne Marie Javuhey
Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey
1779 - 1851
Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny