“Dear children! Also today—when God permits me to carry to you in my arms little Jesus, the King of Peace, that He may fill you with the ardor of love and peace, so that every heart may be similar to His Heart in this time of grace—be resolute and courageous…
“Dear children, in this time of grace, I am calling you to be people of hope, peace, and joy, so that every person may be a peacemaker and a lover of life. Pray, little children, to the Holy Spirit to fill you with the strength of His own Holy Spirit…
“Dear children! In this time of grace, pray with me for the good to win in you and around you. In a special way, little children, pray united with Jesus on His Way of the Cross. Into your prayers put this humanity which wanders without God and without His love.…
An excerpt from “The School of Jesus Crucified” by Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus: Amid His bitterest sufferings and most excessive humiliations, Jesus never once opens His mouth to complain. A frightful crown of thorns pierces His head on every side, and causes Him the acutest pain, yet…
An excerpt from “Before the Altar” by Concepción Cabrera de Armida: What the martyrs suffered is as nothing, compared to the anguish endured by a soul that possesses God and does not feel His presence. What torture can be compared with that felt by a soul which is possessed of…
From a sermon by Saint Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney: Perhaps you will say to me: “I have done nothing but evil all my whole life. I am just a bad tree which cannot bring forth good fruit.” My dear brethren, that can very well be, as I am going to show…
(a meditation from “The School of Jesus Crucified” by Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus) The hour of the death of Jesus is fast approaching, and He beholds from His Cross His most dear and loving Mother, who is standing at its foot, assisting at His last sufferings in…
From a meditation by Father Mark Haydu: Our world hates to talk about sin, and sometimes even in the Church we shy away from teaching about our sinful nature. For instance, do you remember the last time you heard a homily about sin? Some will say, “That is too negative.…
Saint Joseph, in private revelation given to Edson Glauber, on March 5, 1998: My heart felt great peace and joy to have Jesus and Mary with me living in the same family. Our Three Hearts loved each other. They lived a Trinitarian love, but it was a love united in…
An excerpt from the book “What Is Heaven” by Mother Angelica: The first Christians sang all the time, sometimes even as they were in the arena waiting to be devoured by lions. Can you imagine what a beautiful song that must have been to God? And can you imagine the…