Mary means enlightener, because She brought forth the Light of the world. In the Syriac tongue, Mary signifies Lady.

- Isidore Of Seville

We, as Catholics are not permitted to believe anything of our own will, nor to choose what someone has believed of his. We have God's apostles as aut…

- Isidore Of Seville

Baptism is not the work of man but of Christ, and this sacrament is so holy that it would not be defiled, even if the minister were a murderer.

- Isidore Of Seville

Teaching unsupported by grace may enter our ears, but it never reaches the heart. When God's grace does touch our innermost minds to bring understand…

- Isidore Of Seville

Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.

- Isidore Of Seville

All spiritual growth comes from reading and reflection. By reading we learn what we did not know; by reflection we retain what we have learned. The c…

- Isidore Of Seville

The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, t…

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In the active life all the vices are first of all to be removed by the practice of good works, so that in the contemplative life a man may, with now …

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Tshe suffering of adversity does not degrade you but exalts you. Human tribulation teaches you; it does not destroy you. The more we are afflicted in…

- Isidore Of Seville