With voices in harmony and hearts in concord we have begged the Lord for our own hearts by saying, Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew an upright spirit in me (Psalm 51:12)… It’s a psalm of someone repenting, someone wishing to retrieve the hope he had lost, lying where he had […]

“Forgiveness does not mean that God says to me: Your evil deed shall be undone. It was done and remains done. Nor does it mean that he says: It was not so bad. It was bad – I know it and God knows it. And again it does not mean that God is willing to […]

“O the happiness of the heavenly alleluia, sung in security, in fear of no adversity! We shall have no enemies in heaven, we shall never lose a friend. God’s praises are sung both there and here, but here they are sung in anxiety, there, in security; here they are sung by those destined to die, […]

“Always begin all your prayers with an act of the presence of God because, sometimes, for want of doing so, an action will cease to be pleasing to him. Just consider … that although we do not yet see God, faith teaches us that his holy presence is everywhere, and this is one of the […]

“May God make you holy,… becoming ever more your companion, your living light, and a guide that you may always hear and follow. Let us go wherever he leads us: in darkness or light, to the splendor of Tabor or the foot of the cross. It makes no difference as long as he is with […]

“Beloved, now is the acceptable time spoken of by the Spirit, the day of salvation, peace and reconciliation: the great season of Advent. This is the time eagerly awaited by the patriarchs and prophets, the time that holy Simeon rejoiced at last to see. This is the season that the Church has always celebrated with […]

“If we have frequently the misfortune to be caught in the snares of the devil, we must look for the cause of this misfortune in the fact that we rely too much on our own principles and ideas, and too little on our dear Lord. This is only too true. So long as nothing goes […]

“Let nothing disturb you; let nothing frighten you, all things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God, finds he lacks nothing. God alone suffices.” – St. Teresa of Avila

“You dwell, my Lord Jesus, in the Holy Eucharist. You are here, within a few feet of me, in the tabernacle… How close you are, my God, my Savior, my Jesus… Saint Mary Magdalene was no nearer to you when she sat at your feet in Bethany than I am at the foot of the […]