Saint John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman was not without the witness and companionship of others in his own conversion.
The Key to Entering God's Presence
The explicit idea of a "second conversion" in the spiritual life was first broached by a Jesuit in the 1600s, Father Louis Lallemant, a novice master in France to one of the future North American martyrs, Saint John de Brébeuf.
Resolutely Determined to Keep Going
The other day I was reading in Saint Francis de Sales that a person of a melancholy turn of mind, of a cold and disagreeable disposition, might love God as much as another...
Marriage Mirrors God's Love for Human Nature
In the supernatural order, the Church, after the manner of our blessed Lord, takes hold of this permanent character of love in the order of nature and elevates the promise "I do" to the dignity of a sacrament.
The Feast That Gives Us Hope
Our gaze turns to the many souls who have preceded us marked with the sign of faith.
Be Faithful to God in Little Things
Holy Scripture has said two things that may convince us of the importance of faithfulness in little things: "He that despises small things," we are told, "shall fall by little and little."
"What must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Faith at most makes us a hero. Love makes a saint.
Good in Disasters and Mishaps?
"Everything that happens in corporal creatures redounds to the usefulness of man." - Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job
The Importance—and Power—of Forgiveness
In Saint Matthew we read: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and in Saint Luke: And for give us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us.
