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…
“On one occasion when St. Mechtilde had received Holy Communion for the departed, our Lord appeared to her, saying: ‘Recite for them an Our Father.’ The saint understood that she was to recite the prayer in the following manner. After she had done so, she saw a multitude of the…
(an excerpt from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska #1489-1490) Soul: My Lord and Master, I desire to converse with You. Jesus: Speak, My beloved child, for I am always listening. I wait for you. What do you desire to say? Soul: Lord, first let me pour out my…
(excerpted from “The Foot of the Cross: or, The Sorrows of Mary” by Father Frederick William Faber) Mary is kneeling on the ground. Her fingers are stained with Blood. She stretches the clean linen cloth over her arms and holds them out to receive her Son, her Prodigal come back…
(from “The Glories of Mary” by Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori) Mary has been called an ark more spacious than that of Noah. For in that only two animals of each kind were received, but under the mantle of Mary all find room, both just and sinners. This was one…