Let us endeavor to do our best: beware of the poisonous reptiles— that is to say, the bad thoughts and aridities which are often permitted

The voice of Jesus—I was dead, My Child, and behold I am living forevermore. I had come forth from the Father, and had come into

The first purification to be made is that of sin, and the means—the holy Sacrament of Penance. Seek the best confessor that you can, take

Sacred Scripture speaks of pride as one of the two primary roots of sin. Various Catholic theologians and writers have seen it as one of

The voice of Jesus—My Child, one thing above all others is necessary, to save thy soul. For if she is lost, all is lost; but

If we wish to discern what belongs to God and that which is our own, it is sufficient for us to reflect that by rendering

Pride was the first sin committed. It was the sin of Lucifer. It was also the root of the Original Sin committed by Adam and

All the children of Israel actually departed from Egypt, but they did not all depart heartily, wherefore in the desert some of them regretted the

It is thus that on this memorable day [Feast of Corpus Christi] faith triumphs, hope is enhanced, charity shines, piety exults, our temples re-echo with

Christ: My Son, hear My words, words most sweet, exceeding all the learning of the philosophers and of the wise men of this world. My

If our readers were to admit now that the doctrine put forward in this book is a matter of considerable importance, we would already achieve

Five years after Saints Louis and Zélie Martin entered the covenant of marriage, another couple would do so across the Atlantic Ocean: Bernard and Ellen

One of the great women of the Catholic Church, Saint Gertrude the Great, born in Germany in the year 1256, was a Benedictine mystic, writer,

Sensible devotion is sometimes produced by dispositions of our nature, sometimes by artifices of the devil, and sometimes by an influx of grace. You may

Wisdom is something which we all naturally value, desire, and seek in this present life. Yet our wisdom in this present life, even for the

“The sins that sprout forth from sloth are contempt for commands, and because one throws himself into the prey of vice, he despairs of doing

There remains, Dear Reader, one more subject to treat of before my task is ended: It is unworthy Communion. It is not so agreeable a

The Apostles wrote that part of Revelation which is contained in the Scriptures, while their disciples wrote what the Apostles preached, taught or instituted in