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…
“Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is in vain that the Scripture says, ‘He yearns jealously over the spirit which…
From a letter by Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska to Blessed Michal Sopoćko, on June 29, 1938: Oh, Father, I cannot tell you how happy I am that the Divine Mercy is already being worshipped, in spite of all the adversities and human envy; in spite of Satan’s anger and hatred.…
(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 “Journal Dedicated to the Queen of Heaven” by Saint Bernadette Soubirous, on May 12, 1866: Dearest Mother, how happy was my soul those heavenly moments when I gazed upon you. How I love to remember those sweet moments spent in your presence, your eyes filled with kindness and…
An excerpt from “Heralds of the Second Coming: Our Lady, the Divine Mercy, and the Popes of the Marian Era from Blessed Pius IX to Benedict XVI” by Stephen Walford: Anyone who loves Mary and tries to imitate her will surely grow in those great virtues so present in the…
From the “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas message by Pope Francis, on December 25, 2022: He comes among us in silence and in the dark of night, because the word of God needs no spotlights or loud human voices. He is Himself the Word that gives life its meaning, He is…
“When those who despised Christ behold His majesty and glory (see Luke 21:27), consider how great their shame will be! For they did not want to follow Him and they killed Him (putting Him to death on the Cross like the wickedest of criminals). On the contrary, what joy will…
An excerpt from “Marian Consecration for Children” by Dr. Carrie Gress: Several times in the Bible, we hear how much Jesus loved children and how important children are in God’s kingdom. He says things like “unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven”…