From a homily by Saint Amadeus of Lausanne, bishop
Observe how fitting it was that even before her assumption the name of Mary shone forth wondrously throughout the world. Her fame spread everywhere even before she was raised above…
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…
From the Moral Reflections on Job by Saint Gregory the Great, pope
Holy men beset by tribulation must endure the assaults of those who use violence and verbal attacks. The former they resist with the shield of patience, but against the latter…
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…
From a sermon on Baptism by by Saint Pacian, bishop
The sin of Adam had come into all men. Through one man, the Apostle says, sin entered and through sin, death. Thus it has come to all men. Therefore, the justice of Christ must…
From the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus by Venerable Pius XII, pope
In their homilies and sermons on this feast the holy fathers and the great doctors spoke of the assumption of the Mother of God as something already familiar and accepted…
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…
From a treatise On the Incarnation of the Lord by Saint Theodoret of Cyr, bishop
Our Savior’s passion is a healing remedy for us, as the prophet teaches when he cries out: He bears our sins and suffers pain for us, and we esteemed him stricken,…
From a treatise On the Incarnation of the Lord by 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…