From a discourse on the psalms by Saint Hilary, bishop
We who have been reborn through the sacrament of baptism experience intense joy when we feel within us the first stirrings of the Holy Spirit. We begin to have an…
From a writing by Saint Vincent de Paul, priest
Even though the poor are often rough and unrefined, we must not judge them from external appearances nor from the mental gifts they seem to have received. On the contrary,…
From a sermon On Pastors by Saint Augustine, bishop
I shall lead them forth from the Gentiles, and I shall gather them from foreign lands; I shall bring them into their own land, and I shall feed them on…
From a sermon On Pastors by Saint Augustine, bishop
Hear and learn, you sheep of God. God calls for an accounting of his sheep from the wicked shepherds and inquires into the death of his sheep at their hands….
From a sermon On Pastors by Saint Augustine, bishop
They were scattered on every mountain, and on every hill and over the entire face of the earth. What is the meaning of the phrase: They were scattered over the entire face…
From the Decree on the Life and Ministry of Priests of the Second Vatican Council
Priests are made in the likeness of Christ the Priest by the Sacrament of Orders, so that they may, in collaboration with their bishops, work for the building up and…
From a sermon On Pastors by Saint Augustine, bishop
You have failed to strengthen the weak, says the Lord. He is speaking to wicked shepherds, false shepherds, shepherds who seek their own concerns and not those of Christ. They enjoy…
From a homily by Saint Bede the Venerable, priest
Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him: Follow me. And he rose and followed him. As he sat at table in…
From the final exhortation of Saint Andrew Kim Taegŏn, priest and martyr
Dearest brothers and sisters: when he was in the world, the Lord Jesus bore countless sorrows and by his own passion and death founded the Church; now he gives it…