Jesus has many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, but few cross-bearers. Many desire His consolation, but few His tribulation. Many will sit down with Him at table, but few will share His fast. All desire to rejoice with Him, but few will suffer for Him. Many will follow...
"What does Jesus Christ do in the Eucharist? It is God who, as our Savior, offers himself each day for us to his Father's justice. If you are in difficulties and sorrows, he will comfort and relieve you. If you are sick, he will either cure you or give you strength to...
"We cannot help but marvel at the faith of Saint Joseph. Tormenting doubts harass his soul and he is on the point of leaving Mary. But an angel appears to him and all his doubts and fears vanish. On the angel's word He accepts the mystery of the Incarnation. In the...
“All our perfection consists in being conformed, united, and consecrated to Jesus Christ; and therefore, the most perfect of all devotions is, without any doubt, that which the most perfectly conforms, unites, and consecrates us to Jesus Christ. Now, Mary being the...
77 Things That Happen When You're Devoted To Going To Mass 1. For thy salvation, God the Father sends His beloved Son down from heaven. 2. For thy salvation the Holy Spirit changes bread and wine into the true body and blood of Christ. 3. For thy sake the...
“When you are totally consumed by the Eucharistic fire, then you will be able more consciously to thank God, who has called you to become part of His family. Then you will enjoy the peace that those who are happy in this world have never experienced, because true...
Mother Teresa's Description of Jesus Jesus is the Word made Flesh. Jesus is the Bread of Life. Jesus is the Victim offered for our sins on the Cross. Jesus is the Sacrifice offered at the Holy Mass for the sins of the world and mine. Jesus is the Word – to be spoken....
“The food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh.” - St. Justin Martyr Learn More About -St. Justin Martyr Recommended Read: First and...
"Put up willingly with the faults of others if you wish others to put up with yours." –St. John Bosco Image: Photo by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash
“He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined, Leave it all to Him.” St. Catherine of Siena Learn More About St. Catherine The Dialogue of St. Catherine Of Siena: A Conversation With God On Living Your Spiritual Life To The Fullest St....
“God’s delays are mysterious; sorrow is sometimes prolonged for the same reason for which it is sent. God may abstain for the moment from healing, not because Love does not love, but because Love never stops loving, and a greater good is to come from the woe. Heaven’s...
Happy is the soul that during its lifetime immersed itself in the Fountain of Mercy, because justice will have no hold on it.” —Jesus to St. Faustina Learn More About St. Faustina Divine Mercy Divine Mercy In My Soul-Diary of Sister M. Faustina Kowalska
“All that we build during our lives can prove to be mere straw, pure bluster, and it collapses. Yet in the pain of this encounter, when the impurity and sickness of our lives become evident to us, there lies salvation. His gaze, the touch of his heart heals us through...
"You must accept your cross; if you bear it courageously it will carry you to Heaven." –St. John Vianney Image: Photo by Matt Marzorati on Unsplash
"The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life." — St. Thomas Aquinas Image: Photo by Matea Gregg on Unsplash
“The Holy Eucharist is the perfect expression of the love of Jesus Christ for man.” St. Maria Goretti Photo by Eric Mok on Unsplash
O Mary, Mother of the Universal Church, Who didst consent to remain in exile upon earth after the Ascension of thy Divine Son, and for long years to be deprived of His visible presence, that thou mightest be the guide, the Mistress, and the loving Mother of the infant...
"Oh, you, who are my friends, and my faithful children, look and see if there be any sorrow like mine. Everywhere My enemies despise and insult both my Eternal Father and My Church, the cherished Spouse of My Heart. Will no one rise up to console Me by defending the...
Lenten penance is a commitment, sustained by grace, to overcoming our lack of faith and our resistance to following Jesus on the way of the cross. This is precisely what Peter and the other disciples needed to do. To deepen our knowledge of the Master, to fully...
"I should like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings. I should like the angels of Heaven to be drinking it through time eternal. I should like excellent meats of belief and pure piety. I should like the men of Heaven at my house. I should like barrels of peace at...
An Altar Server's Prayer To be Christ’s page at the altar,To serve Him freely there.Where even the Angels falter,Bowed low in reverent prayer.To touch the throne most holy,To hand the gifts for the feast,To see Him meekly, lowly,Descend at the word of the priest.To...
“May Christ be heard in our language, may Christ be seen in our life, may He be perceived in our hearts.” - St. Peter Damian Photo by Katt Yukawa on Unsplash
"Through the desert God leads us to freedom.” We realize how true this is at those moments when we feel hopeless, wandering through life like a desert and lacking a promised land as our destination. Lent is the season of grace in which the desert can become once more...
O my afflicted Mother! Queen of Martyrs and of Sorrows, thou didst so bitterly weep over thy Son, Who died for my salvation; but what will thy tears avail me if I am lost? By the merits, then, of thy Sorrows, obtain for me deep contrition for my sins, and a true...
“People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing.’ I do not think that is the best way of looking at it. I would much rather say that every time you...