Memento Mori

"There are many people who say to Our Lord: "I give myself wholly to Thee without any reserve;" but there are very few who actually practice this self-abandonment, which is nothing else but the acceptance with perfect indifference of all the events which may befall us, just as…

"The greatest obstacle to sanctity is not the world or the devil, but the self-love that clings to its own will. - Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

"Talent by itself does nothing but make a bit of noise. The true value of a soul is measured not by the natural gifts it has received, but by the degree of humility and love of God it possesses. Many have received great gifts and remain proud and fruitless. Others are little in…

"And all that have pleased God, passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful." - Jth. viii. 23

St. Christina (300) Born in Tuscany, she secretly took her father’s idols, made of gold and silver, and, after breaking them, divided the pieces among the poor. In consequence, she was delivered to the prosecutors, survived many torments, tied to a post, and pierced with arrows.

"To speak to God by thou and thee [instead of you], is to pay greater honour and veneration to the grandeur and majesty of God." - Bp. Antoine Godeau (1672)

"God loves us when He consoles us; but He loves us too when He sends us trials and leaves us in distress; He loves us when He gives us joy in abundance, as well as when He afflicts us with sorrow. His consolations are love; so too are His chastisements and trials. In all the…

St. Apollinaris, First Bishop of Ravenna (79) When St. Peter left Antioch, he took with him several of the faithful, among them Apollinaris. He consecrated him bishop and sent him to Ravenna. He was arrested by pagan priests, beaten, exiled, and died from the effects of torture.

St. Liborius (397) He was the second Bishop of Le Mans, France, for forty-nine years. St. Martin of Tours assisted him at his death, therefore he is looked to as a patron of a good death. He is invoked against gallstones, which is the origin of three stones placed on the Bible.

"Great, indeed, is the gift of innocence by which we are preserved from sin, but greater is the grace of penitence and remission of sin, and this grace is the greater in proportion to the greatness of the sin, for thus forgiveness is granted to the more unworthy, and so the grace…

"God subjects us to purifying trials for a twofold purpose: to make us atone for our faults - which is the aim of justice - and to destroy in us the last roots of sin that we may be disposed for union with God - and this is the aim of mercy." - Fr. Gabriel

"The best penance is to have patience with the sorrows God permits. A very good penance is to dedicate oneself to fulfill the duties of everyday with exactitude." - St. Peter Damian

"But thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee." - Jer. iii. 1

"Whom have I to thank, that the earth has not engulfed me? That heaven has not annihilated me with a thunderbolt? That fire has not burned me to ashes? That water has not drowned me? Whom have I to thank for it but the Lover of my soul! Whose mercy is above all His works" - St.…

St. Mary Magdalen Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, was of Magdala in Galilee whence her name of Magdalen. She was a sinner. Touched by grace, she threw herself at the feet of Our Saviour. Simon the Pharisee, scandalized, would have repelled her like the men mentioned by…

"In the depths of trial, when faith alone remains, the soul must repeat, 'Thy will be done.' This act of abandonment has greater value than many fervent devotions." - Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Concerning Men's Dress Worn By Women by Giuseppe Cardinal Siri (1960) "What matters is to preserve modesty together with the eternal sense of femininity, that femininity which more than anything else all children will continue to associate with the face of their mother. We do…

"Christian Perfection and Contemplation" by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

"God's love can will nothing but good; even when He leads us by the harsh, rough road of suffering. It is not rare that He strikes hardest those whom He loves the most, for, as the Holy Spirit says: 'acceptable men [are tried] in the furnace of humiliation'." - Fr. Gabriel

"The Holy Spirit sweetens the yoke of the divine law and lightens its weight, so that we may observe God’s commandments with the greatest of ease and even with pleasure." - St. Lawrence of Brindisi