We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe (Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, +1890)

I look to all of you, brothers and sisters of every state of life, to you, Christian families, to you, the sick and elderly,...

Your heart must rejoice beyond words, soaring into an immensity of gladness, unrestrained by syllabic bonds. Sing to him with jubilation. (Saint Augustine)

If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We...

Whenever we come to church, we must prepare our hearts to be as beautiful as we expect this church to be. Do you wish...

This is why I make this strong and insistent appeal—not, I trust, untimely—that faith and philosophy recover the profound unity which allows them to...

Therefore, (a missionary) must be ready to stay at his vocation for an entire lifetime, and to renounce himself and all those whom he...

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

So we venerate the martyrs with the same veneration of love and fellowship that we give to the holy men of God still with...

Whatever is opposed to life itself, such as any type of murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia, or wilful self-destruction, whatever violates the integrity of the...