Mary Potter Quotes

You who have never “been there” in the throes of grief, have no idea what is going on inside the head of the grieving spouse: the scattered thoughts, the constant worry that we will forget something or someone in our fog-induced state, that strange feeling of not quite “being all there” when out in social situations, the pall that covers everything, like a cloak of sadness that never lifts.

I cannot but feel I have had a call from God to devote myself to help save souls in their last hour..... I have been drawn so strongly to pray for the dying and I believe it to be a work appointed for me, perpetual prayer for the dying.

The day that I can no longer receive Our Lord in Holy Communion, Our Lord Himself will come to take me.

Show so clearly that this matter is God's work, not mine.

When I was praying there was a Presence - I saw nothing and yet Our Lord Crucified seemed present for a few instants.