“When Mary holds you up, you will not fall; when she protects you, you need not fear; when she leads you, you will not tire yourself; when she is favorable to you, you will arrive at the harbor safely.” – St. Bernard

Love and Repentance


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He who does not truly repent, does not truly love; obviously, when we love another person, we suffer at having offended him. This is one of the effects of real love.

St. Thomas Aquinas

Truth Never Changes


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What truth is there that can save other than the truth of Christ?...The truth of the faith does not change with the passage of time. It is not superseded or modified or overtaken by the course of history…The Creed does not change. It does not get out of date. It does not disintegrate. 

St. John Paul II

Yes Lord! I Want To Faithfully Live This Truth!



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I want you to believe that truly nothing happens to us except by God’s will and permission – death or life, sickness or health, riches or poverty, even the wrongs done us by friends or relatives or anyone else.  Not a leaf falls from a tree without his consent.  So not only should you not fear this thing – because God gives us what we can bear, and no more – but let’s accept it with reverence, dearest sister, considering ourselves unworthy of so great a good as to put up with hardship for the Lord. 
                Jesus to St. Catherine of Siena

He Was Not Off The Mark, Was He?