'Let yourself be loved more than these' is your vocation
Quote of the day: 17 October
Elijah: Man of crystalline faith — Pope Francis
Scripture presents Elijah as a man of crystalline faith
Quote of the day: 6 October
These Sisters in the Incarnation are My Sisters, and you delay?
Quote of the day: 23 August
God seemed so present to me that I thought of St. Peter's words: You are Christ, Son of the living God
Love must win out
Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world
Quote of the day: 19 April
She became a living icon of God who shows his power in mercy
Quote of the day: 11 April
My steps surprised a dark Iscariot plotting in my own will
Quote of the day: 24 January
The state has the potential possessed by no other social structure
Quote of the day: 30 December
God is there wherever people are in danger, wherever they are forced to flee
Quote of the day: 4 August
The soul here cannot comprehend God perfectly
Pentecost Novena: Edith Stein — Day 5
The kingdom of light from the kingdom of night
Quote of the day: 9 March
The power of a soul surrendered to love is so great
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena – Day 9
"When I am up above, will you let me help you, scold you even, if I see you are not giving everything to the Master? because I love you!"
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena – Day 8
“I do not fear my weakness; that’s what gives me confidence. For the Strong One is within me and His power is almighty.”
Ah, who has the power to heal me? now wholly surrender yourself! Do not send me any more messengers, they cannot tell me what I must hear.
A Carmelite response to the sexual abuse crisis
"I never sought anything but the truth," gasped St Thérèse on her deathbed. When crisis deepens, Carmelites search for prayer, silence, perfection, and truth
Herod can't confine Jesus; can we confine Christ or put God in a box?
People with prophets have more power than they may realize
I will be glad to boast all the more in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may shelter me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
As clay is in the potter's hand, so you are in mine, House of Israel... beyond the historizal hazards and human will stands God
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