Book Excerpts
We Should Offer the Lord the Sacrifice of Heart and Mind
We should offer the Lord the sacrifice of Abel. A sacrifice of young unblemished flesh, the best of the flock;...
Benedict XVI: I Imagine That in Eternity, It Will Be as Beautiful as It Was in My Family Home
Excerpt from the book of interviews "Final Conversations" where the Pope Emeritus answered questions about his personal experience of death...
It will be good
Death is not the end Death is not the end; life is just a small segment, a small oasis... Every...
By calling you to be an apostle, our Lord has reminded you that you are a son of God
How pitiful are those crowds — high and low and middle class — who live without ideals! They give the...
A Lesson in Discretion: Ignatius and the Saracen Encounter
It will not be amiss to recall an event that occurred during this journey, to show the manner in which...
Dear Jesus — you have made me be your little donkey
Continue thinking about the donkey’s good qualities and notice how in order to do anything worth while, it has to...
As for you, be always merciful toward other people, and especially toward sinners
The Lord said to me, "It should be of no concern to you how anyone else acts; you are to...
Thomas Aquinas on Virgin Mary and Original Sin
Mary was not only free from actual sin, but she was also, by a special privilege, cleansed from Original Sin....
Jesus, see what you can do about it. Even before I begin to fight, I am already tired
When you find yourself tired and exhausted, approach Our Lord confidently, as that good friend of ours did, and say:...
You are expecting victory, the end of the struggle… but it doesn’t come?
You are expecting victory, the end of the struggle… but it doesn’t come? —Thank God, as if you had already...
