It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope. (Pope Benedict XVI)
Quotes
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God. (Saint John of the Cross, +1591)
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near (Philippians 4:4-5)
So we venerate the martyrs with the same veneration of love and fellowship that we give to the holy men of God still with us. We sense that the hearts of these latter are just as ready to suffer death for the sake of the Gospel, and yet we feel more devotion towards those who[…]
God has chosen the weak of the world, to confound the strong. He has chosen what is nothing,* so that no human creature may boast in the presence of God. (1 Cor 1:27)
God created all things, and Mary gave birth to God. The God who made all things gave himself form through Mary, and thus he made his own creation. He who could create all things from nothing would not remake his ruined creation without Mary. God, then, is the Father of the created world and Mary[…]
Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies. (Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor, +397)
Lead me to pastures, Lord, and graze there with me. Do not let my heart lean either to the right or to the left, but let your good Spirit guide me along the straight path. Whatever I do, let it be in accordance with your will, now until the end. (Saint John Damascene, 749)
Therefore, (a missionary) must be ready to stay at his vocation for an entire lifetime, and to renounce himself and all those whom he thus far considered as his own, and instead to “make himself all things to all men” (Ad Gentes, Second Vatican Council)
It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope. (Pope Benedict XVI)