Quotes

“Joachim and Anne, how blessed a couple! All creation is indebted to you. For at your hands, the Creator was offered a gift excelling all other gifts: a chaste mother, who alone was worthy of him.” —Saint John Damascene

“I made the resolution never to consider whether the things commanded me appeared useful or not . . . It is love alone that counts. Forget about whether something is needed or useful; see it (the demand, rule, obligation, etc.) as a whim of Jesus. You know that our Lord does not look at the …READ MORE

The most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral—a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body . . . The angels have not been blessed with such …READ MORE

“We are all aware that the perfect family does not exist, nor does the perfect husband, nor the perfect wife. We exist, and we are sinners. Jesus, who knows us well, teaches us a secret: Never let a day go by without asking forgiveness or without restoring peace in your home. If we learn to …READ MORE

One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a rich treasury, the apostles have placed all that pertains to truth, so that everyone can drink this beverage of life. She is the door of life. —St. Irenaeus

“There is no more evident sign that anyone is a saint and of the number of the elect than to see him leading a good life and at the same time a prey to desolation, suffering, and trials.” —St. Aloysius Gonzaga