I will stand upon my watch. 

God deserves exceeding love from us, a love that has no measure.

We don't always want our suffering; we are tight-fisted about it, haggle over it, often botch the job.

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

The sacraments are particularly efficacious ways in which Christ the divine physician continues his work of healing through the Church.

The traditional story of Walsingham tells how, in 1061, during the reign of Saint Edward the Confessor, Richeldis de Faverches, the lady of the manor of Walsingham Parva, saw a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

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 . . .