My Lord Jesus Christ, Your blessed, royal, and magnificent heart could never, by torments or terrors or blandishments, be swayed, from the defense of Your kingdom of truth and justice. (Saint Bridget of Sweden,...
Strongest of armor, We trust in thy might: Under thy mantle, Hard press’d in the fight,
we call to thee. Our way uncertain, Surrounded by foes, Unfailing counsel You give to those who turn to thee. (From the Flos Carmeli_
In beautiful things St. Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace...