Quotes

“They alone are able truly, to enjoy the world, who begin with the world unseen. They alone enjoy it, who have first abstained from it. They alone can truly feast, who have first fasted. They alone are able to use the world, who have learned not to abuse it. They alone inherit it, who take …READ MORE

“We are aware of darkness and sin, of poverty and pain. But we know Jesus has conquered sin and passed through his own pain to the glory of the Resurrection. And we live in the light of his Paschal Mystery—the mystery of his Death and Resurrection. We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our …READ MORE

“God ordained Jesus to take the ordinary, essential elements of everyday living such as water, oil, bread, and self-gift, and endow them with extraordinary grace. So, too, is my life as a mother patterned in this way; I have been called to imbue my essential actions with Christ’s self-giving love and open my heart to …READ MORE

“The season before Easter signifies the troubles in which we live here and now, while the time after Easter, which we are celebrating at the present, signifies the happiness that will be ours in the future. What we commemorate before Easter is what we experience in this life, what we celebrate after Easter points to …READ MORE

“Behold, Jesus Christ crucified, who is the only foundation of our hope; He is our mediator and advocate, the victim and sacrifice of our sins. He is our goodness and patience itself; His mercy is moved to tears of sinners, and he never refuses pardon and grace to those who ask it with truly contrite …READ MORE

“Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit and with the intercession of Mary, our Mother, we ask you to conform us entirely to your will. Help us to give our ‘fiat,’ our ‘yes,’ to Christ being conceived in our hearts and lives, that we may be participants in the coming of his kingdom. Help …READ MORE