Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Every piece of my flesh, every drop of my blood will tell you that I am Christian (Chi Zhuzi, Chinese martyr, after they had...

Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire......

So we venerate the martyrs with the same veneration of love and fellowship that we give to the holy men of God still with...

A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon - G.K. Chesterton

No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false. (Saint Justin, Martyr, +165)

To endure temporal agonies for the sake of the truth was not a heavy burden for such men as John; rather it was easily...

Blessed Lady, sky and stars, earth and rivers, day and night – everything that is subject to the power or use of man –...

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you...

Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life; wherefore the servant of God ought always to be in good spirits...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless...