Saturday, July 5, 2025

Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well. (Saint Joan of Arc, +1431)

And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight....

First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow. (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)

What we commemorate before Easter is what we experience in this life; what we celebrate after Easter points to something we do not yet...

It is enough to notice that if some small mistake were made in doctrine, huge blunders would be made in human happiness. A sentence...

God is as really present in the consecrated Host as He is in the glory of Heaven (Saint Paschal Baylon, +1592)

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will...

God wants to establish devotion to My Immaculate Heart in the world. If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved...

The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength... It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means...

Ignatius was speaking about being devoured by wild beasts in the arena – and so it happened – but his words apply more generally...