Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP

“Joachim and Ann, how blessed and spotless a couple! You will be known by the fruit you have borne . . . By the chaste and holy life you led together, you have fashioned a jewel of virginity: she who remained a virgin before, during, and after giving birth.” -St. John Damascene

“See how imperfect The Twelve are…But show them to me at a later date in their lives…James was not to live very much longer; for from the beginning he was inspired by great fervor and rose to such splendid heights that he straightway suffered martyrdom.” -St. John Chrysostom

“We know the place where Christ is shining within us. He is the eternal splendor enlightening our minds and hearts. The Father sent him to shine on us in the glory of his face, and so enable us to see what is eternal and heavenly.” -St. Ambrose

“If you do not know how to contemplate the glory of heaven, take comfort in the passion of Christ, and dwell willingly in his sacred wounds. Endure with Christ, suffer for him, if you wish to reign with him.” -Imitation of Christ

“We should reflect on Mary’s attitude and the great love she felt for Christ; for though the disciples had left the tomb, she remained . . . And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him.” -St. Gregory the Great

"O God, whose Only Begotten Son entrusted Mary Magdalene before all others with announcing the great joy of the Resurrection, grant, we pray, that through her intercession and example we may proclaim the living Christ and come to see him reigning in your glory. Amen."

"O God, who for the glory of your name and the salvation of souls bestowed on the priest St. Lawrence of Brindisi a spirit of counsel and fortitude, grant, we pray, that in the same spirit, we may know what must be done and, through his intercession, bring it to completion. Amen.

“Unless we are ready through Christ’s power to die in the likeness of his passion, his life is not in us.” -St. Ignatius of Antioch

“It is wonderful that God rained manna on our fathers and they were fed with daily food from heaven…But the food that you receive supplies the very substance of eternal life, and whoever will eat it will never die, for it is the body of Christ.” -St. Ambrose

“Keep safe what you received. God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.” -St. Ambrose

"The glory of Lebanon is given to her, the beauty of Carmel and Sharon; they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the splendor of our God." (Is 33:2)

“Let us die and enter into the darkness, silencing our anxieties, passions, and the fantasies of our imagination. Let us pass over with Christ from this world to the Father so that, when the Father has shown himself to us, we can say with Philip: ‘It is enough.’” -St. Bonaventure

“O God, who willed the Virgin Saint Kateri Tekakwitha to flower in a life of innocence among the Native peoples of North America, grant through her intercession that all gathered in your Church from every nation, tribe, and tongue may glorify you in a single canticle of praise.”

“Preachers are the ones who speak from without, but God builds from within. We notice the fact that you are listening, but he alone knows what you are thinking, for he sees our thoughts. He is the one who builds…and bends the perceptions to the act of belief.” -St. Augustine

“Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection; that he, who has honored us by counting us among his children, may never be grieved by our evil deeds.” -Rule of Saint Benedict

“The soul has its door, its gates. Christ comes to this door and knocks; he knocks at these gates. Open to him; he wants to enter, to find his bride waiting and watching.” -St. Ambrose

“On the Lord’s day…break bread and celebrate the Eucharist. But first confess your sins so that your offering may be pure. If anyone has a quarrel with his neighbor, that person should not join you until he has been reconciled. Your sacrifice must not be defiled.” -The Didache

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“Have charity, not only for one another but also for those who are outside the Church. Of these some are still pagans…Others are separated, insofar as they are joined with us in professing faith in Christ, our head, but are yet divided from the unity of his body.” -St. Augustine

“A person may be faithful; he may have the power to utter hidden mysteries; he may be . . . pure in his actions. But the greater he seems to be, the more humbly he ought to act, and the more zealous he should be for the common good rather than his own interest.” -St. Clement I