Mary heard God’s word and kept it, and so she is blessed. She kept God’s truth in her mind, a nobler thing than carrying his body in her womb. The truth and the body were both Christ: he was kept in Mary’s mind insofar as he is truth, he was carried in her womb insofar[…]
Quotes
Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God. (Saint Francis de Sales, +1622)
Above all one should accept everything, in general and individually, in oneself or in others, agreeable or disagreeable, with a prompt and confident spirit, as coming from the hand of his infallible Providence or the order he has arranged. (Saint Albert the Great, +1280)
Please God I will give my life for the holy union, for the supremacy of Peter and of the Holy Father, his successor… Lord, grant me the grace to shed my blood for the unity of the church and in behalf of obedience to the Holy See (Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr, +1623)
The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever. (Pope Saint Leo the Great, +461)
(B)efore Christ redeemed us, we were the house of the devil, but afterwards, we merited the privilege of being the house of God. God himself in his loving mercy saw fit to make of us his own home. My fellow Christians, do we wish to celebrate joyfully the birth of this temple? Then let us[…]
If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the presence of God as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor. (Saint Charles Borromeo, +1548)
We must rise again with Christ, we must seek the world which is above and set our mind on the things of heaven. Let us long for those who are longing for us, hasten to those who are for us, and ask those who look for our coming to intercede for us (Saint Bernard of[…]
To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to the only God, our Saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and for ever (Letter of Saint Jude, Apostle)
I do not fear at all what men can do to me for speaking the truth. I only fear what God would do if I were to lie (St. John Bosco, +1888)