My dear brothers and sisters, since Jesus said, "Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more," we have been entrusted with much so let us start preparing ourselves for the kingdom of heaven by coming closer to God through a personal growth in our spiritual lives, by truly accepting the word of God and by living out the gospel of Christ we profess.
Our love of neighbour is the measure of our love of God.
Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.
If you want Christ to love you and help you, you must love Him and always make every endeavour to please Him.
Let us retire from the world, stand aloof from the earth, rise above the body, detach ourselves from creatures and turn to the Creator, to whom Peter in ecstasy exclaimed: ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here’
I was a great sinner before I knew God; but I will not add new crimes, nor do what you command me.
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, wealth to the world is the accumulation of money, but true wealth in the sight of God, is the accumulation of grace. True wealth is stored in one’s soul because it is measured in the exercise of virtue and in the amount of love we have for God and for our neighbor. So let us store up true wealth for ourselves by performing good works, by practicing charity and by living out Christ’s message to love one another as He has loved us.
The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself. Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!
The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.
Now that we are reborn,… in the likeness of our Lord and have indeed been adopted by God as his children, let us put on the complete image of our Creator so as to be wholly like Him.
Let us consider, brothers, how here in our home the ordering of love assigns these three things: service to Martha, contemplation to Mary, penance to Lazarus.
We should remember that to some delicate souls, even the simplest words may inflict great pain, or at times, make them sick.
So my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us follow the example shown us by Jesus today as He taught His disciples to pray by adoring God, by worshiping Him, by praising Him, by thanking Him for all He does in our lives and by asking Him for our needs with sincerity of heart, with simplicity of words, and with persistent perseverance.
Joachim and Ann, how blessed a couple! All creation is indebted to you. For at your hands the Creator was offered a gift excelling all other gifts: a chaste mother, who alone was worthy of him….
