An excerpt from “My Daily Bread” by Father Anthony J. Paones, S.J. Man’s True Good CHRIST:My child, often it is safer for a man not to have many consolations and pleasures in his earthly life. Try to grasp this truth, so that you may not become sad and depressed when…
“Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts.” -Saint Philip Neri From Saint Padre Pio’s letter to Anita Rodote, on February 6, 1915: How good the Lord is to everyone; but He is even more so to those who have a true…
(an excerpt from “Under the Mantle: Marian Thoughts from a 21st Century Priest” by Father Donald H. Calloway, MIC) Jesus Himself said that in heaven, the holy neither marry nor are given in marriage (cf. Matthew 22:30), yet paradise is still called the marriage supper of the Lamb (cf. Revelation…
“Dear children! Also today I am with you to tell you: Little children, [whoever] prays does not fear the future and does not lose hope. You are chosen to carry joy and peace, because you are mine. I have come here with the name ‘Queen of Peace’ because the devil…
(an excerpt from Saint John Paul II’s “Love and Responsibility“) Love consists in a commitment of freedom because, after all, love is self-giving, and to give oneself means precisely to limit one’s freedom on account of the other person. The limitation of one’s own freedom would be something negative and…
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…
“The soul’s true greatness is in loving God and in humbling oneself in His presence, completely forgetting oneself and believing oneself to be nothing, because the Lord is great, but He is well-pleased only with the humble, He always opposes the proud.” -The Blessed Virgin Mary, in private revelation given…
Our Lady of Medjugorje, in private revelation given to Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti, on November 25, 2020: Dear children! This is a time of love, warmth, prayer, and joy. Pray, little children, for little Jesus to be born in your hearts. Open your hearts to Jesus, Who gives Himself to each of…
Jesus, in private revelation given to Gabrielle Bossis, on January 17, 1946: Don’t you see that faith should permeate everything you do? Faith in My actual Presence in you. Faith in the love that is leading. When you are very sure of the love living in you, what a change…
(from a talk given by Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, on June 13, 1977) To be a co-worker is a gift from God. It is not simply a title. It means to be an active co-worker with Christ. The name of “Mother Teresa” is frequently referred to in our work,…