'These are the days when the Christian is  expected to praise every creed except his own.' G.K. Chesterton ...

'You, Martha, if I may say so, are blessed for your good service, and for your labors you seek the reward of peace. Now you are mu...

'Keep yourself hidden in God, and nothing can hurt you.' St. Paul of the Cross                                     ...

            'The dawn is sprinkling in the east             Its golden shower, as day flows in;             Fast mount the pointed...

'Many would be willing to have afflictions  provided that they be not inconvenienced  by them.' St. Francis de Sales ...

'An adult faith  does not follow  the waves of fashion  and the latest novelties.' Pope Benedict XVI Painting...

             'Some... equate goodness with indifference to evil               and think that God is good if               He is br...

  'Perfection: is it not a loving, sweet union of the will with that of God?' St. Vincent de Paul  Photo 2015 N Shu...

Painting used is by Eastman Johnson

'We are living in the only period of the world's history in which there is a universal denial of guilt. Dostoevsky wrote '...

Painting used is 'An Italian Garden' by William Merritt Chase

'I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.' ...

                      'Because the road was steep and long                       and through a dark and lonely land,             ...

'Let us make up for lost time.  Let us give to God  the time that remains to us' St. Alphonsus de Liguori P...

'I can scarcely contain my tears, so ashamed am I  of the lukewarmness and lethargy of the present times.' St. Bernar...

'Sins, however great and detestable they may be, are looked upon as trivial, or not as sins at all, when men get accustomed to them. A...

'Sin is not the worst thing in the world. The worst thing in the world is the denial of sin....  If I deny that there is any such ...

'Do not conform yourselves to this age  but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,  so that you may judge what is God...