To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world; war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble under these pressures and complain. They are cowards. They lack splendour. But there is another sort of man who is under the same pressure but does not complain, for it is the friction which polishes him. It is the pressure which refines and makes him noble
There is no greater invitation to love than loving first.
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
Love and say it with your life.
If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
Put no faith in salvation through the political order.
The Old (Testament) is in the New (Testament) revealed, the New is in the Old concealed.
Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.
When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.
Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.
Our heart is restless until it rests in You.
Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation.
