Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather these straws into a bundle and light them, and you get a mighty fire, rising like a column into the sky; public prayer is like that.
5 Recommended (Short & Easy!) Catholic Books On The Spiritual Life
"[Mary] does not remain locked in her initial troubled state at the proximity of God in his angel, but she seeks to understand. So Mary appears as a fearless woman, one who remains composed even in the presence of something utterly unprecedented. At the same time she...
I do not understand why some people are saying that women and men are exactly the same, and are denying the beautiful differences between men and women. All God’s gifts are good, but they are not all the same. As I often say to people who tell me that they would like...
“Yes, my heart’s dear one, Jesus, is here with His cross. Since you are one of His favorites, he wants to make you into His likeness; why be afraid that you will not have the strength to carry this cross without a struggle? On the way to Calvary, Jesus did indeed fall...
“The human heart is not shaped like a valentine heart, perfect and regular in contour, it is slightly irregular in shape as if a small piece of it were missing out of its side. The missing part may very well symbolize a piece that a spear tore out of the universal...
"Who do you want to love, if you do not want to love Jesus?"–St. Gemma Galgani Image: Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash https://catholic-link.org/images/for-god-so-loved-insert-your-name-here/
How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds? - St. Thomas Aquinas
“Scattered about the entire earth, your mother the Church is tormented by the assaults of error. She is also afflicted by the laziness and indifference of so many of the children she carries around in her bosom as well as by the sight of so many of her members growing...
"In a world gone astray from God there is no peace, but it also lacks charity, which is true and perfect love... Nothing is more beautiful than love. Indeed, faith and hope will end when we die, whereas love, that is, charity, will last for eternity."— St. Pier...
"With God there is no need for long speeches." -St. Jane Frances de Chantal Wisdom from the Lives and Letters of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane Frances de Chantal Image: Photo by Mateus Campos Felipe on Unsplash
“There are twenty four hours in a day, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty, in a year. How have you spent all the hours which God has given you in the past? How do you intend to use the hours which He will give you in the future? When you examine the past, you will...
