To the teacher who informed her that there was no saint bearing her name: “Very well, I will be a saint. I will provide a patron for those who bear my name.”... Read more.
Have confidence in the compassion of our Creator. Reflect well on what you are now doing, and keep before you the things you have done. Lift up your eyes to the... Read more.
Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable. (G.K. Chesterton)... Read more.
Theology is only thought applied to religion (G.K. Chesterton)... Read more.
To endure temporal agonies for the sake of the truth was not a heavy burden for such men as John; rather it was easily borne and even desirable, for he knew eternal... Read more.
Pope Benedict and Augustine – Part III
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 30 January 2008 Saint Augustine of Hippo (3) Dear Friends, After the Week of Prayer for Christian... Read more.
Churches Spared
Even the secular news had to admit that it was odd, even using the word ‘miraculous’ as this headline proclaimed, that the Catholic church was spared in the... Read more.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. (Saint Augustine, +430)... Read more.
Those who undertake this work of teaching, surely a task to be carried out with the greatest care, must be endowed with overflowing charity, inexhaustible patience,... Read more.
Zoom Predicted by…Penguins
A friend of mine just sent along a clip from the 2014 Penguins of Madagascar, which predicted Zoom, replete with the various glitches of the technology. It’s... Read more.