“One who is oversensitive and preoccupied with his own suffering often becomes insensible and indifferent to the suffering of others.” – Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen
“As I lay there, I visualized Jesus on the cross. I meditated on the soldiers hammering the nail into His foot, since that was the epicenter of my pain.” – Leslie Rowe
“The only way that mortification and penance really help advance Christ’s Kingdom is if we are united to Christ.” -Fr. John Bartunek
“One of the reasons Evagrius can help us is that he names eight recurring thought-patterns by which temptation operates. If we are going to use Lent properly, we ought to allow ourselves to receive some training in recognising them early — and answering them quickly.” – Gavin Ashenden
A Reflection from “Meditations for Lent” by Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied” (John 14:8). God alone
“The alarming, effervescent, energizing, and contagious freedom of the saints flows from their having learned this lesson: they no longer gauge their actions or decisions by what other people will think of them.”- Fr. John Bartunek
“As we adore our Eucharistic Lord with our Bible open, we should recognize that there is no passage that is not about the Eucharist!” – Fr. Ignatius Schweitzer, OP
“If you feasted at Thanksgiving, consider fasting this week with those Christians who still observe this ancient tradition.” – Nicholas Anthony Shelton
“As we approach the fifth centenary of Her apparitions, we must continue to pray for the conversion of heart of those who do not value the sanctity of life at all stages from conception to natural death. ” – Fr. Tony Stephens
“St. John of the Cross has a lot to say about the danger, not of desires, but of attachments. The disciplines he encourages are not meant to destroy desire but to teach us what desire is for.” – Glenn Dickinson