(excerpts from a sermon by Blessed John Henry Newman) Now what did the Pharisee do? He did not even go so far as to behave in an unseemly, extravagant way: he was grave and solemn, and yet what he did was enough to displease God, because he took too much…
(Jesus, in private revelation given to Gabrielle Bossis, on April 20, 1941) Don’t you come to Me with more confidence than to any friend on earth? Aren’t you at home in My Heart? It should be that way too, since for each soul I am the unique, the incomparable One.…
(an excerpt from “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Heaven… But Never Dreamed of Asking!” by Dr. Peter Kreeft) The more you love, the more you can suffer…. The dilemma, then, is this: If God cannot suffer, how can He really love us? But if He can suffer, how…
“[Let] the greatest sinners place their trust in My mercy. They have the right before others to trust in the abyss of My mercy. My daughter, write about My mercy towards tormented souls. Souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight Me. To such souls I grant even more…
(from “Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin, for Every Day in the Month” by Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori) Jesus Christ. — I have promised to remain with you till the consummation of the world; but have I not a right to expect that some…
From “True Devotion to Mary” by Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort: 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,…
(Jesus, in private revelation given to Gabrielle Bossis, on December 24, 1939) Do you know what the world was like before I came? There was God and there were men. Now God has become a man among men—one of you. What love! What potential oneness between you and Him! Do…
Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that You are the Holy One of God.” Jesus answered them, “Did I…
An excerpt from “One Heart Full of Love” by Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta: Let us not love by words alone, but let us love until it hurts. It cost Jesus to love us. He even died for us. Now it is our turn to love one another as Jesus…
(from Dr. Scott Hahn’s talk “The Treasure of Our Soul: The Apostles’ Creed”) And I am convinced that in the Creed, we’ve got a choice to make. Because besides the Three Divine Persons, there are only two human persons mentioned. And who are they? “…born of the Virgin Mary, suffered…