Book Review: The Story of a Soul by St. Thérèse of Lisieux
“He does not call those who are worthy, but those He chooses to call.”
– St. Thérèse
Tag: spiritual reading
Book Review: The Life of St. Gemma Galgani by Venerable Fr. Germanus, C.P.
“He often makes choice of those who seem to themselves the most unfit for the greatest achievements and chooses such as the world despises to confound the pride of the world.” – Bishop Richard Challoner
How Aristotle Helps Us to Understand Spiritual Slavery to the Virgin Mary and to her Son, Jesus Christ
“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.” – Matthew 23:12
Book Review: The Love of Eternal Wisdom by St. Louis de Montfort
“Jesus Christ, Eternal Wisdom, is all that you can and should wish for. Long for Him, seek Him; He is the most precious pearl you should wish to acquire, even at the cost of selling all that you possess.” – St. John Chrysostom
Book Review: The Love of Jesus To Penitents by Cardinal Henry Edward Manning
“He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go out no more; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.” – Apocalypse 3:12
Book Review: Treatise On The Spiritual Life By St. Vincent Ferrer
“Nowhere have I seen virtue painted in such bright colors as in this book.”
– St. Lewis Betrand
Book Download: The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church by Ælfric Of Eynsham
God the Father made mankind and all creatures through the Son; and again, when we were fordone, he sent that same Son for our redemption. The holy mother Mary then nourished that child with great veneration, and it waxed, as other children do, without any sin.
Book Download: The Triumph of the Cross by Father Girolamo Savonarola, O.P.
Causes are known by their effects, and one of the best arguments in favour of the Christian religion is the reflection that, whereas heathen philosophers have laboured for years to establish rules of conduct, they have gained but few disciples, of whom even the most virtuous have never attained to that standard of living which has been so quickly reached by innumerable Christians of both sexes and of every race and condition.
A Whisper’s Thought
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.” – John 14:27
Book Review: The 12 Steps To Holiness and Salvation – Complied from the Writings of St. Alphonsus Ligouri
“Charity endureth all things, but only for the sake of eternal goods; ambition endureth all things, but only for the wretched honors of this world.”
– St. Peter of Blois