What is it to be a saint? Does it mean that we must macerate this flesh of ours with cruel …
Saints
April 29, 2018
St Maximilian Kolbe in the concentration camp starvation bunker If I were put in a dungeon, like the martyrs, with nothing to …
April 19, 2018
St Bernadette Almost the first thing which caught my eye at the grotto was our Lady’s words: “Penitence, penitence, penitence”. On leaving, …
April 17, 2018
St Benedict Joseph Labre Second pilgrimage to Amettes from Locre. During the journey I felt our Lord wanted to give me …
April 16, 2018
St Gemma Galgani O my God, pour out in abundance Thy spirit of sacrifice upon Thy priests. It is both their …
April 11, 2018
I want you to stick to two things: the aspirations and the tiny acts of self-conquest. Count them and mark them daily. You …
April 10, 2018
Whenever there is a question of choice, ask yourself, “Which would please God most?”, then, “Which will come hardest to my nature?”. …
April 7, 2018
If my resurrection is to be a real one and is to produce fruit, it must be external, so that all …
April 2, 2018
With great earnestness recommend to His mercy the poor souls who are in their agony. What a dreadful hour, an hour …
March 19, 2018
St Patrick I beg of God whom I love to grant me that I may shed my blood with those strangers …
March 17, 2018