The true road through suffering involves denying ourselves and taking up the cross, as Jesus invited us to do. He set the example for us. —Mark Giszczak from his book, Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     BE TRANSFORMED Coping with suffering as Christians includes certain spiritual practices that lead us to surrender our lives more fully to the Lord. By offering our suffering as a spiritual sacrifice, joined intentionally to the suffering of Christ ..read more

     The devotion to Our Lady is an important element of spiritual life. In our prayers, let us not fail to address her with trust. Mary will not fail to intercede for us with her Son. —Pope Benedict XVI from his book A School of Prayer   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     O Mary, We crown thee The Madonna of the Lilies by realist William-Adolphe Bouguereau depicts our beloved Queen seated on her throne, encircled by lilies symbolizing purity. She holds the Divine Child tightly to her chest, dem ..read more

     How does Mary exercise this queenship of service and love? By watching over us, her children: the children who turn to her in prayer, to thank her or to ask her for her motherly protection and her heavenly help. —Pope Benedict XVI from his book A School of Prayer   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     O Mary, We crown thee The Madonna of the Lilies by realist William-Adolphe Bouguereau depicts our beloved Queen seated on her throne, encircled by lilies symbolizing purity. She holds the Divine ..read more

     In proclaiming Mary we make known not only Christ’s masterpiece of grace but also what He desires to accomplish in us. She, the Church in her perfection, needs to be proclaimed and preached so that the truth of Christ’s victory and grace will shine forth more clearly. —Fr. Paul Scalia from his book, That Nothing May Be Lost   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     GO DEEPER WITH GOD Fr. Paul Scalia reveals a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart in these inspiring reflections on a wide range of C ..read more

     We preach and proclaim the Virgin Mary first of all because she simply deserves it. We do not remain silent about truths. And the more glorious a truth, the more we proclaim it. —Fr. Paul Scalia from his book, That Nothing May Be Lost   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     GO DEEPER WITH GOD Fr. Paul Scalia reveals a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart in these inspiring reflections on a wide range of Catholic teachings and practices. Rooted in Scripture, these insights place the reader on a ..read more

     Faith never comes into being without love and cannot exist without love; at most it could be a dead relic in sin. In contrast to this, love can be the beginning of something even without faith, for love always contains the seed of insight, even though one may not yet know what the seed contains. —Adrienne von Speyr from her book, Water and Spirit   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     THE FRUIT OF PRAYER Following up her book, The Word, Von Speyr reflects deeply on the text of St. John’s Gosp ..read more

     Were we to have a glimmer of understanding of how the road leads from faith over hope to love, we would renounce the lie of our self-image in order to entrust everything to the Lord alone and his transforming love. —Adrienne von Speyr from her book, Water and Spirit   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     THE FRUIT OF PRAYER Following up her book, The Word, Von Speyr reflects deeply on the text of St. John’s Gospel, taking it sentence by sentence. The meditations are confluent with the scenes ..read more

     Making faith a purely personal feeling renders it incommunicable, cuts it off from the Church, and, above all, empties it of all content. It is therefore urgent to insist on the teaching of the catechism both to adults and to children. —Robert Cardinal Sarah from his book, The Day Is Now Far Spent   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     A WAKE-UP Call Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyzes the spiritual, moral, and political collapse of the We ..read more

     Hope is not a smug optimism! Since a believer’s hope has its source in God, one can truly hope only insofar as one has ties with God and is open to his influence. —Robert Cardinal Sarah from his book, The Day Is Now Far Spent   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     A WAKE-UP Call Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyzes the spiritual, moral, and political collapse of the Western world and concludes that “the decadence of our time has all the fac ..read more

     We remember the first Pentecost and how God changed the early Church forever. The disciples went from being a fearful, timid, selfish group of people to bold and fearless proclaimers of the Gospel. God wants to fill us anew with that same confidence, boldness peace, and joy. —reCatholic Novenas from A Rushing Wind: A Novena With The Holy Spirit   SHARE THE WISDOM If you’re having trouble seeing the buttons, then please refresh this page!     Rediscover the holy spirit The Lord offers special graces when we are well prepared to receive them. This Pente ..read more