From a homily by Saint Gregory of Nyssa, bishop
The vision of God is offered to those who have purified their hearts. Yet, no man has seen God at any time. These are the words of the great Saint John and…
From a treatise on Spiritual Friendship by Blessed Aelred, abbot
Jonathan, outstanding among all young men, took no heed of his royal lineage or his hope of the throne, but allied himself with David the servant and made him his…
From a treatise on Christian Perfection by Saint Gregory of Nyssa, bishop
The life of the Christian has three distinguishing aspects: deeds, words and thought. Thought comes first, then words, since our words express openly the interior conclusions of the mind. Finally,…
From a work by Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest
Since it was the will of God’s only-begotten Son that men should share in his divinity, he assumed our nature in order that by becoming man he might make men…
From a Treatise on the Lord’s Prayer by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
Dear friends, why does the fact that God has taught us such a prayer as this astonish us? Did he not express all of our prayers in his own words…
From a letter to his mother by Saint Aloysius
May the comfort and grace of the Holy Spirit be yours for ever, most honored lady. Your letter found me lingering still in this region of the dead, but now…
From a Treatise on the Lord’s Prayer by Saint Cyprian of Carthage, bishop and martyr
Now, we who live in Christ and receive his Eucharist, the food of salvation, ask for this bread to be given us every day. Otherwise we may be forced…
From a treatise on the Lord’s Prayer by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
The prayer continues: Your kingdom come. We pray that God’s kingdom will become present for us in the same way that we ask for his name to be hallowed among us. For…
From a treatise on the Lord’s Prayer by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
How merciful the Lord is to us, how kind and richly compassionate! He wished us to repeat this prayer in God’s sight, to call the Lord our Father and, as…