From a sermon On the Hail Mary by Baldwin of Canterbury, bishop
Every day we devoutly greet the most Blessed Virgin Mary with the angel’s greeting and we usually add: Blessed is the fruit of your womb. After she was greeted by the Virgin,…
From a homily by Saint Amadeus of Lausanne, bishop
She is a bride, so gentle and affectionate, and the mother of the only true bridegroom. In her abundant goodness she has channeled the spring of reason’s garden, the well…
The song of the Church – Saint Pius X, pope
Augustine says in his Confessions: How I wept when I heard your hymns and canticles, being deeply moved by the sweet singing of your Church. Those voices flowed into my ears,…
From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot
Love is sufficient of itself, it gives pleasure by itself and because of itself. It is its own merit, its own reward. Love looks for no cause outside itself, no…
Salt of the earth and light of the world – Saint John Chrysostom, bishop
You are the salt of the earth, It is not for your own sake, he says, but for the world’s sake that the word is entrusted to you. I am not…
From a sermon on Baptism by by Saint Pacian, bishop
As we have borne the image of the earthly man, so we shall bear the image of him who is from heaven; since the first man who came from the…
We follow the new way through the Spirit in Christ – Saint Pacian, bishop
Someone may say to me: “But the sin of Adam is justifiably transmitted to his posterity. Since they were descended from him, and since we are not descended from Christ,…
We possess Christ, our peace, our light – Saint Gregory of Nyssa, bishop
Now peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end that civil war within our nature and cultivate peace within ourselves, we become peace. By…
Your body is holy and excelling in splendor – Venerable Pius XII, pope
Saint Germanus of Constantinople considered that it was in keeping not only with her divine motherhood but also the with unique sanctity of her virginal birth that it was incorrupt…