My friend, it is most useful for you to call to mind frequently and assiduously the reality of your own death. This, indeed, is the
O most loving Mother of God, Mary ever-virgin, you overflow with a miraculous sweetness, which the human mind is not able to comprehend or describe!
As a gentle mother, leading her little child with her, helps it to walk, carries it according as she sees necessity, allows it to make
“What is your life? It is a vapour, which appeareth for a little while.” -James 4:15 What is your life? It is like a vapor,
Among the praises given by the saints to Abraham, St. Paul mentions this above every other, that he believed, hoping against all hope. God has
Try to imagine the one thing in this world that is most worth knowing – by everyone. The thing that is most worth having. Something
“Raise up your eyes often to Heaven; and see that this life is only a passage to eternity.” -St. Francis de Sales If we lose
The end, it is said, crowns the work, and, therefore, it is in death that the just man’s life is most fittingly crowned, while the
“We must bear in mind an undeniable principle, concerning which St. Augustine and all the holy Doctors are agreed – namely, that as true repentance
“All nations honor their dead. Whether enlightened by faith or groping in error, all strive to keep alive the memory of those whom death has taken
Bring the powers of your imagination to bear: your adorable, sweet baby matures into a young man who unpredictably commits a wicked crime despite all
There is perhaps no more counterintuitive notion for a parent than this: you must prepare your child for death.[1] From the moment you learned of
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