“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…
(from “Jesus Appeals to the World” by Father Lorenzo Sales, I.M.C.) The most that a creature can give Him is already His, and He can ask for it back, even to life itself. But not so with love; here on earth, the creature is free to refuse it. But God…
(from a meditation by Saint John Eudes) How would we feel if a great monarch opened his vaults, all filled with money and precious stones, giving us permission to take as much as we wanted? This favor would be nothing in comparison with the indescribably rich gift the King of…
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…