“The only way that mortification and penance really help advance Christ’s Kingdom is if we are united to Christ.” -Fr. John Bartunek
“In Heaven, having been freed of all our sins and purified by the blood of Christ, we too will be rightfully called immaculate (without stain). Mary’s feast is ours, too, by way of promise.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“Thanksgiving is a movement of the heart that precedes all creation, visible and invisible.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
“Part of the mystery of death is that it is presupposed by another equally deep and mysterious question: What is life?” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“Bartolo committed then and there to promoting the Rosary, a promise he lived out until his death.”- Grace Abruzzo
A Reflection from “Persecuted from Within” by Joshua Charles and Alec Torres St . Teresa The role of reformer—or, in a sense, of re-foundress—would have
“Virtuous people are capable of genuine friendship because of their emotional maturity.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski
“I remember thinking as a young religious that the greatest obstacles in my spiritual life were certain exterior realities, i.e., the people and personalities I lived with.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“Walking past the couple, my mother heard the woman say she no longer went to confession because she couldn’t think of any sins to confess.”- Christine Hanus
“Sure, we can suppress or subjugate our emotional reactions. We can flog them with ‘shoulds.’ We can exile them or lock them up. But that is not virtue.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski