Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world (Saint Martha, Jn 11:27)

The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerors (Hilaire Belloc, who was born on this day 150 years ago)

The source of justice is not vengeance but charity. (Saint Bridget of Sweden, +1373)

Burning with the fire of love, she longed for him who she thought had been taken away. And so it happened that the woman...

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

Just as there are two coinages, one of God and the other of the world, each with its own image, so unbelievers bear the...

When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth -...

Take, beloved son this scapular of thy order as a badge of my confraternity and for thee and all Carmelites a special sign of grace;...

After the most blessed servant of God had been anointed king, he was not satisfied with the anxieties of his realm; so, in order...

Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in...