The Church as sacrament of unity and salvation – Lumen Gentium
This messianic people has Christ as its head: Christ who was given up for our sins and rose again for our justification; bearing now the name that is above every…
Jesus Christ prays for us and in us and is the object of our prayers – Saint Augustine, bishop
God could give no greater gift to men than to make his Word, through whom he created all things, their head and to join them to him as his members,…
The cross of Christ is the source of all blessings, the cause of all graces – Saint Leo the Great, pope
Our understanding, which is enlightened by the Spirit of truth, should receive with purity and freedom of heart the glory of the cross as it shines in heaven and on…
The faithful foster father and guardian – Saint Bernadine of Siena, priest
What then is Joseph’s position in the whole Church of Christ? Is he not a man chosen and set apart? Through him and, yes, under him, Christ was fittingly and…
We keep the coming feast of the Lord through deeds, not words – Saint Athanasius, bishop
In former times the blood of goats and the ashes of a calf were sprinkled on those who were unclean, but they were able to purify only the body. Now…
All human activity is to find its purification in the paschal mystery – Gaudium et spes.
Constituted as the Lord by his resurrection, Christ, to whom all power in heaven and on earth has been given, is still at work in the hearts of men through…
The paschal sacrament brings together in unity of faith those physically separated from each other – Saint Athanasius, bishop
Brethren, how fine a thing it is to move from festival to festival, from prayer to prayer, from holy day to holy day. The time is now at hand when…
Contemplating the Lord’s passion – Saint Leo the Great, pope
Who cannot recognize in Christ his own infirmities? Who would not recognize that Christ’s eating and sleeping, his sadness and his shedding of tears of love are marks of the…
The mercy of God to the penitent – Saint Maximus the Confessor, abbot
God’s will is to save us, and nothing pleases him more than our coming back to him with true repentance. The heralds of truth and the ministers of divine grace…