Ascetical practices are a form of sacrifice, but they are never enough for a deeper spiritual life…

Infinitely good Lord, you know my heart and my weaknesses.

Lord, before you became man and entered into your Passion, you invited your Mother to serve you as mother, to bear your sacrifice with you, but also to share with you your joys.

Venerable Pierre Toussaint (1766–1853), born in what is now Haiti, arrived in New York City as a slave but died there an accomplished hairdresser, a free man, and a beloved member of the city's Catholic community.

In the hour of our agony, in that hour of truth . . .

Humility, poverty, patience, and obedience are the four who bring the soul, as it lies helpless, to Jesus.

It seems to me that I am like a mother bending attentively over her favorite child.

All spiritual writers agree that the best sign you can have of solid devotion is amendment of life and perseverance in good.

His Heart is alive with love for all of us.

When I forgive someone, it is an act of hope.