Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptized; let us also go down with him, and rise...

What menaces there were from the executioner, to frighten her; what promises made, to win her over; what influential people desired her in marriage!...

My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt (Mt. 26:39)

Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary...

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world (J.R.R. Tolkien)

It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope. (Pope...

As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary. (Saint Thomas Aquinas)

The Lord Jesus gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom...He gave His Mother Mary the keys to His heart (Pope Pius XII)

The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge -...

The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort (Saint Pio of Pieterclina)