My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, My spirit finds joy in God my Savior, For He has looked upon His servant in her lowliness; ...

I absolutely love summer.  I love the long, late hours of daylight.  I love fireflies flickering across a darkening yard.  I love den...

July 21, 1897 To Sister Therese,       I have your photograph, and henceforth you live in my mind, after having up to the present onl...

Most people don't realize who they're quoting when they speak of catching more flies with honey than with vinegar.  I was well int...

"For though the fig tree blossom not, nor fruit be on the vines, though the yield of the olive fail and the terraces produce no nour...

I wonder if heaven is filled with colors we have never imagined.  Oh, surely. It seems we get hints of heavenly hues, and sounds, and scen...

Letter of August 3, 1851 Dear Eusebius,  "Well, you are wondering about your future.  Pray simply, humbly, and fervently to know ...

'There are in fact two kinds of martyrdom.   One takes place only in the heart, the other in both heart and body. We too are capab...

"I count up Your graces and Your mercies, because You have melted my sins away as if they were ice.   "And whatever evils I ha...

Mary Cassatt painting 1893 "If we really want peace for the world, let us start by loving one another within our families.  Sometim...

"The more we pray, the more we wish to pray.  Like a fish which at first swims on the surface of the water and afterwards plunges d...

'There is in this world a continual interchange of pleasing and afflicting acci dents, still keeping their succession of times, an...

Carmel 1893 Dear Leonie, "We just listened to a beautiful retreat... the good Father spoke especially about union with Jesus... ...

"An arch of God's great temple fair thou art, wrought by some airy builder of the skies; The sunbeam's secret, wrested from...

"France 1897; Dear Brother, I am not at all worried about the future; I am sure God will do His will, it is the only grace I desire...

1893 - Dear Celine,     "There is a passage in the Canticle of Canticles which suits perfectly poor little exiled Celine.  Here it i...

As I went in search of letters and collections to put "inside the envelopes" on this blog's sidebars, I discovered a particula...

As part of this blog's new look, I have changed a few pictures on the sidebar:  in particular, the envelopes (and stamps) that I...

There is nothing wrong with your screen.  If you haven't checked in lately, you missed my "let's try this one out shall we.. ...

"Prayer places our understanding in the divine brightness and exposes our will to the warmth of heavenly love. There is nothing that so...