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 ...
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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 ...
She is our Mother in the order of grace
"Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was ...
The graces I grant you are not for you alone
"The graces I grant you are not for you alone, but for a great number of other souls as well…. ...
Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good ...
You have great and incomprehensible rights over My Heart
After Holy Communion, I heard these words: "You see what you are of yourself, but do not be frightened at ...
