Hitherto I have served you as a soldier; allow me now to become a soldier to God. (Saint Martin of Tours, +397)

When Christ came, he banished the devil from our hearts, in order to build in them a temple for himself. Let us therefore do...

When the human being is open to God, making the most of the disposition to listen to his voice:  when we listen to divine Revelation,...

God wishes us not to rest upon anything but His infinite goodness; do not let us expect anything – hope anything, or desire anything...

Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our...

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate (G.K. Chesterton)

I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems, they have hardly any...

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

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, just as they were delivered to...

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else. (Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman, +1890)