It is of the essence of the Church that she be both human and divine, visible and yet invisibly equipped, eager to act and yet intent on contemplation, present in this world and yet not at home in it; and she is all these things in such wise that in her the human is directed and subordinated to the divine, the visible likewise to the invisible, action to contemplation, and this present world to that city yet to come, which we seek.
While the liturgy daily builds up those who are within into a holy temple of the Lord, into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit, to the mature measure of the fullness of Christ, at the same time it marvelously strengthens their power to preach Christ, and thus shows forth the Church to those who are outside as a sign lifted up among the nations under which the scattered children of God may be gathered together, until there is one sheepfold and one shepherd.
Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day, We who are anxious over many things look forward to your coming among us. We who are...
It would mean very little, however, if we believed Jesus was King of the universe but did not make him Lord of our lives: all this is empty if we do not personally accept Jesus and if we do not also accept his way of being King. - Pope Francis | Feast of Christ the...
“I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him.”- St. Frances Cabrini- St. Frances Cabrini
“If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing.”- St. Katharine Drexel
Prayer For The Graces Of Motherhood Powerful is your intercession with God, Mary, for you are His mother.Tender, too, is your love for us, for you are our mother.Confidently, then, I come to you as a child, poor and needy, to seek your aid and protection.In every...
"Look upon the rainbow: that is, consider the beauty, holiness and dignity of blessed Mary; and bless with heart and mouth and deed her Son, who made her thus. In the brightness of her holiness she is very beautiful, beyond all daughters of God. She has encompassed...
O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of [insert your intention.]Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory be to the Father…Sacred Heart...
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