From the Letters of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr
The burning zeal for God’s glory that motivates you fills my heart with joy. It is sad for us to see in our own time that indifferentism in its many…
I will heal their wounds – Saint Theodoret of Cyr, bishop
Of his own free will Jesus ran to meet those sufferings that were foretold in the Scriptures concerning him. He had forewarned his disciples about them several times; he had…
The bonds of love – Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor
Moved by love and wishing to reconcile the human race to yourself, you gave us your only-begotten Son. He became our mediator and our justice by taking on all our…
From a letter from Saint Clare of Assisi, virgin, to Saint Agnes of Prague
Happy indeed is she who is granted a place at the divine banquet, for she may cling with her inmost heart to him whose beauty eternally awes the blessed hosts…
From a sermon by Saint Augustine, bishop
As you have often heard, Lawrence was a deacon of the Church at Rome. There he ministered the sacred blood of Christ; there for the sake of Christ’s name he…
Love is as strong as death – From a treatise by Baldwin of Canterbury, bishop
Our love for Christ is a return, though very unequal, for his love of us, and it is a likeness modeled on his. For he first loved us and, through the example…
From a letter attributed to Barnabas
Consider now the way of light; any man who is bent on reaching his appointed goal must be very careful in all he does. Now these are the directions that…
From a letter attributed to Barnabas
The Lord was ready to undergo suffering for our souls’ sake, even though he is Lord of the whole earth, the one to whom God said at the foundation of…
From a sermon on the transfiguration of the Lord by Saint Anastasius of Sinai, bishop
These are the divine wonders we celebrate today; this is the saving revelation given us upon the mountain; this is the festival of Christ that has drawn us here. Let…