St John of the Cross Surely you are not right in trying to keep our Lord away from you, or in …
Saints
December 14, 2013
St Lucy It is scarcely necessary to state that deliberate sin in any shape or form utterly destroys the interior life. …
December 13, 2013
St Maravillas I want to be generous with God and to refuse Him nothing. I do not want to say, “I …
December 11, 2013
I believe strongly in corporal penance as a means to the end. But a denial of your own will often costs more …
December 7, 2013
St Nicholas of Myra I want you to make a greater effort to see the hand of God in everything that …
December 6, 2013
Xavier’s hour has come, the hour of his eternal reward and never-ending bliss. In a little hut, open on all sides …
December 3, 2013
The saints had ever a childlike confidence and trust in God. Upon Him they cast all their anxieties and cares, under His …
December 1, 2013
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum (Conquer yourself). This is the secret of the Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from my …
November 26, 2013
Even as a child I longed and prayed to be a saint. But somehow it always seemed to me as if that …
November 23, 2013
St Francis de Sales “My yoke is sweet” (Matthew 11. 30). The service of God, the whole-hearted generous service of God, …
November 20, 2013