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

All battles are first won or lost, in the mind (Saint Joan of Arc, +1431)

Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or...

The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years. (Saint Philip Neri)

It is as if you are pouring water on me. Please repent and become a Christian like me. (Saint Charles Llwanga as he was...

To preserve our cheerfulness amid sicknesses and troubles, is a sign of a right and good spirit. (Saint Philip Neri)

Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the...

In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different...

Divinity without disparity of substance or nature, without superior degree that raises up or inferior degree that casts down. . . the infinite co-naturality...

You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. (Saint Norbert...