The Centurion’s Conversion at the Cross Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Jesus was almost fainting; His tongue was parched, and He said: “I thirst!” The disciples who were standing round the Cross looked at Him with Read More »
The Company of Hell Fr. Martin von Cochem There are many bold sinners who, when they are punished for their crimes and threatened with hell fire, wont audaciously to answer: “Wherever I go, Read More »
You Have Made us for Yourself St. Augustine of Hippo You are great, O Lord, and to be praised indeed: great is your power, and your wisdom is beyond reckoning. And man, a mere part Read More »
The Ave Maria Rev. Francis Spirago It has always been customary among Christians to imitate the example of the archangel Gabriel, and salute our blessed Lady in his words. The devotion Read More »
The Holy Eucharist: A Love That Knows No Bounds TAN Books Editors No one has ever desired anything more than God desires to draw us into union with himself. That sage perception of an eminent scholar of Read More »
Mental Prayer Unites Us To God Rt. Rev. Dom Vitalis Lehodey The first obstacle to our progress is to be found in our affections; it is a certain weariness of God which makes us cold and Read More »
With Anxious Love Inflamed St. John of the Cross The burning fire of love, in general, is not felt at first, for it has not begun to burn, either because of our natural impurity, Read More »
Self-Denial: The Perfect Prayer Fr. Michael Mueller No art, no trade, no language can be learned without practice; so, also, prayer cannot be learned without constant exercise. It was only by constant Read More »
Revering, Loving, and Cooperating with Your Guardian Angel TAN Books Editors In the words of St. Ambrose: “We should pray to the angel who is given us as a Guardian,” and St. Bernard justly reminds us Read More »
Christ the Beloved Thomas à Kempis Christ: MY SON, thou art not as yet a valiant and prudent lover. Disciple: Why, O Lord? Christ: Because thou fallest off from what thou Read More »
The Unavoidable Battle: Fight or Die Dom Lorenzo Scupoli THE FIRST thing to do when you awake is to open the windows of your soul. Consider yourself as on the field of battle, facing Read More »
Why God Does Not Answer Prayers (Part II) Fr. William Rock, FSSP Previously, it was discussed that God refuses our prayers if we ask amiss, as St. James explains in his Epistle (4:3). God will not grant us Read More »
Why God Does Not Answer Prayers (Part I) Fr. William Rock, FSSP In His Last Supper Discourse, Our Lord spoke to His Apostles the following: “Amen, amen, I say to you: If you ask the Father any Read More »
Taming the Three Heads of Desire Fr. Ezra Sullivan, O.P. To understand emotional habits for humans, we can turn to Plato. He was the first Western thinker to discuss the soul (psuché) in terms of Read More »
Jesus Crucified to the Heart of the Christian Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist SON, for thy sake I have sacrificed My life on a cross, amidst the most fearful sufferings and tortures; can I then be requiring too Read More »
Holy Prayer: A Weapon for Every Adversary St. Catherine of Siena From God to Catherine: WHEN the soul has passed through the doctrine of Christ crucified, with true love of virtue and hatred of vice, and Read More »
The Power of the Our Father St. Louis de Montfort THE OUR FATHER or the Lord’s prayer has great value—above all because of its Author Who is neither a man nor an angel but the Read More »
Graces More Sublime than Miracles Fr. Matthias J. Scheeben Both on the divine and on the human plane, the working of grace is more sublime and glorious than the working of miracles. God usually Read More »
The Greatness of Courage Venerable Louis of Granada The Necessity of Courage As the blacksmith requires a hammer to beat the hard iron and shape it according to his will, so do we Read More »
Mighty Humility Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo Humility is not a sickly virtue, timid and feeble, as some imagine; on the contrary, it is strong, magnanimous, generous, and constant, because it is Read More »
To Conquer Through Love Mother Louise Margaret Claret de la Touche “‘GOD is LOVE.’ (John 4:8). His great occupation is to love. He loves from eternity to eternity.” “God loves, but He wishes to be loved; Read More »
