“Starting in the morning, prepare your heart for peace; take great care throughout the day to call [your heart] back often to

“The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices. He is also afraid when we are humble and good.

“I wish you a young heart and a love in its first bloom for him who loves us unceasingly and as tenderly

“But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine

“O sweet Child of Bethlehem, grant that we may share with all our hearts in this profound mystery of Christmas. Put into

O Key of David, Come! Psalm 42:8: By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with

“The singular grace given to Mary reveals a profound truth about femininity and maternity: a woman’s true beauty is first prepared by

“We contemplate the humble girl of Nazareth who, by an extraordinary and ineffable privilege, was preserved from the contagion of original sin

— “We, who know Jesus and walk in the radiance of his love, need this season to reflect on life before the

“In the family women have the opportunity and responsibility to transmit the faith in the early training of their children. They are

“O God, grant that whatever good things I have, I may share generously with those who have not, and whatever good things

“Look at the mothers who truly love their children: how many sacrifices they make for them. They are ready for everything, even

“From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope

“You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all. For me, prayer is a

“The human being is single, unique, and unrepeatable, someone thought of and chosen from eternity, someone called and identified by name.” ―Pope

“Every believer in this world of ours must be a spark of light, a center of love, a vivifying leaven amidst his

“The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the

“Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. Start by doing what’s

“We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may

“It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you