Friday, December 19, 2025

Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies. (Saint Ambrose of Milan, +397)

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

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you,...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die (G.K. Chesterton)

No one can have God for his Father, who does not have the Church for his mother (Saint Cyprian of Carthage, +258 A.D.)

For the word of God is light to the mind and fire to the will, enabling man to know and to love God. To...

let all creation sing and dance and unite to make worthy contribution to the celebration of this day. Let there be one common festival...

Do not, I beseech you, be troubled about the increase of forces already in dissolution. You have mistaken the hour of the night; it...

For just as the fall of a bishop tends to bring about the ruinous fall of his followers, so it is a useful and...

Oh, how great is a priest! The priest will not understand the greatness of his office till he is in Heaven. If he understood...