I want to become a saint; it will not be easy at all. I have a lot of wood to chop, and it is as hard as stone. I should have started sooner, while it was not so difficult; but, in any case; 'better late than never.'- St. Zelie Martin Photo by Abby Savage on Unsplash...
O most holy virgin, mother of our Lord Jesus Christ: by the overwhelming grief you experienced when you witnessed the martyrdom, the crucifixion, and the death of your divine Son, look upon me with eyes of compassion and awaken in my heart a tender commiseration for...
A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends towards the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in...
“To evangelize means: to show the path [to Christ], to teach the art of living."
"Let us remember that love lives through sacrifice and is nourished by giving. Let's remember that not everything which is good and beautiful pertains to genuine, essential love, because even without those other things love can be present, indeed a perfected love....
You say you see no reason why we should pray to the Saints since God can hear us and help us just as well, and will do so gladly, as any Saint in Heaven. Well, then, what need, I ask, do you have to ask any physician to help your fever, or to ask and pay any surgeon...
The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength... It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love in us. He gives Himself every day so that our hearts as burning coals may set afire the hearts of the faithful.-...
Jesus does not demand great action from us but simply surrender and gratitude.- St. Therese of Lisieux More St. Therese Resources *Amazon Affiliate links help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no additional cost to you! Thank you!
O Heart all loveable and all loving of my Saviour, be the Heart of my heart, the Soul of my soul, the Spirit of my spirit, the Life of my life and the sole principle of all my thoughts, words and actions, of all the faculties of my soul and of all my senses, both...
O Holy St. Anthony gentlest of Saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request).O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was...
Corpus Christi! God's Feast Day! What a beautiful name! God's Feast Day and ours also! Let us see in what way. THIS feast day of God, which the Church calls Festum sacratissimi Corporis Christi, "Feast of the most sacred Body of Christ," is the only day dedicated...
Proclaiming that the Holy Spirit is Creator means saying that his sphere of action is not restricted to the Church, but extends to the entire creation. No place and no time is without his active presence. He acts in and out of the Bible; he acts before Christ, during...
No one heals himself by wounding another.
Most Holy Sacred Heart of Jesus, help my heart to persevere in all that is holy.- St. Rita
“God wishes to establish the devotion to my Immaculate Heart throughout the world.”- Our Lady of Fatima
Pope Francis' Prayer To Ask For Mary's Intercession O Mary,You shine continuously on our journeyas a sign of salvation and hope.We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,who, at the foot of the cross,were united with Jesus’ suffering,and persevered in your...
If you can lay your anxiety before your spiritual guide, or at least before some trusty and devout friend, you may be sure that you will find great solace. The heart finds relief in telling its troubles to another, just as the body when suffering from persistent fever...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8zbCbmXNM&feature=emb_logo THE STATIONS OF THE LIGHT FIRST STATION: Jesus rises from the dead. (Mt 28:5-6) SECOND STATION: The women find the empty tomb. (Mt 28:1-6) THIRD STATION: The risen Lord appears...
"Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered." -Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
My Jesus, by the pain You did endure whenYour Left hand was pierced with the nail, give me true sorrow for my sins.My Jesus, by the pain You did endure whenYour right hand was pierced with the nail, give me perseverance in Your grace.My Jesus, by the pain You did...
At, the Cross her station keeping,stood the mournful Mother weeping,close to Jesus to the last.Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,all His bitter anguish bearing,now at length the sword has passed.O how sad and sore distressedwas that Mother, highly blest,of the...
When on account of illness, infirmity, or some other reason, you cannot make your (holy) hour, let your heart be saddened for a moment. Then in spirit imagine yourself at adoration in union with those who are actually adoring. On a bed of sickness, or on a journey, or...
“A married woman must, when called upon, quit her devotions to God at the altar to find him in her household affairs.”- St. Frances of Rome
“Fasting is most intimately connected with prayer. For the mind of one who is filled with food and drink is so borne down as not to be able to raise itself to the contemplation of God, or even to understand what prayer means.”— Catechism of the Council of Trent
“If the lungs of prayer and the Word of God do not nourish the breath of spiritual life, we risk suffocating in the midst of a thousand daily cares. Prayer is the breath of the soul and of life.”- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI