A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either rule ​them, or be ruled by them. It is better...

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only...

Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you. (Saint Alphonsus Ligouri, +1787)

Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God. (Saint...

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...