Indeed the blessed Mary certainly did the Father’s will, and so it was for her a greater thing to have been Christ’s disciple than to have been his mother, and she was more blessed in her discipleship than in her motherhood. Hers was the happiness of first bearing in her womb him whom she would[…]
Quotes
Let us bear our cross and leave it to God to determine the length and the weight – St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
The world is poisoned with erroneous theories, and needs to be taught sane doctrines, but it is difficult to straighten what has become crooked. (Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini, +1917)
Peace is the tranquility of order (Saint Augustine)
Teach nothing new, but instill into all men’s breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement taught… Preach nothing else than what we received from our forefathers… Accordingly, both in the rule of faith and in the observance of discipline, let the standard of antiquity be maintained throughout. (Pope[…]
The one thing the moderns will not trust a man to do is to conduct his own life. – G. K. Chesterton, Abolishing the Ordinary)
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future (Oscar Wilde)
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. (G.K. Chesterton)
Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God (Saint Martin de Porres +1639)
For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. But if he was looking to the splendid reward that is laid up for those who fall asleep in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Therefore he[…]