“While not wholly excluding feelings, the ‘heart’ in the Scriptures is the deepest part of us; it is where we ‘live.'” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“Imagine the glory of billions of new thoughts, stories, and insights that will come from being perfectly members of Christ and of one another. Imagine the peace that will come from understanding and being understood. This is deep, satisfying, wonderful communion—not crowds of strangers.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“Our sins do not disqualify us from becoming saints, they serve as the soil for the conversion that Jesus wants to work in us.” – Thomas Griffin
“He asks us, ‘Do you also want to leave me?'” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“Mary, in the exquisite delicacy of her charity, has such a profound sense of the needs of others, that as soon as she hears of them, she acts spontaneously and decisively to bring help.” – Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen
“The Light that shines from the Mother of God reveals the true freedom and warmth of love. Not sentimental well-wishing. Not empty words.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
“When the third secret of Fatima was published in June 2000, many hoped for stunning revelations about humanity’s future and cosmic destiny.” – Glenn Dickinson
“The Son of God became man to reveal the Father to us. He puts a face on God so-to-speak. But He also reveals His mother to us.” – Debra Black
What can we learn from today’s Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen reflects in this excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.
There perhaps has been no time in modern history as the present where our personal holiness matters. We cannot delay in allowing God to transform us, to experience a sort of personal transfiguration.