Loving difficult people will refine us. Perhaps only in heaven will our love be so perfected that we can actually like these people, too. St. Augusti….

The laws of God, like the law of gravity, do not depend upon how I feel about them. They are inexorable..

To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His….

Mary is God's masterpiece. Have you ever walked into a museum where an artist was displaying his work? Can you imagine him being offended if you were….

Love is something worth suffering for..

As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace he….

If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you..

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire..

IF THE LORD IS OUR JOY, OUR JOY CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY. IT CANNOT BE LOST...JOY HAD COME TO THE WORLD, AND IT HAD COME TO STAY..

I was steeped in the understanding that if 'something is Roman [Catholic], it must be wrong..

The Mass-and I mean every single Mass-is heaven on earth. Literally..

God sometimes gives us what we want so we'll learn to trust Him to give us what we need..

A joyless Catholic is the devil's best tool. A joyful Catholic is God's greatest instrument..

Down through the centuries, the Church has carefully preserved, protected, and defended its Marian teachings, because to give them up would be to giv….

To go to Mass is to go to Heaven..

Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us..

When it comes to explaining the Blessed Virgin Mary, having a lot of love is more important than having a lot of answers. When we come up lacking, sh….

If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories..

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough..