Venerable Matt Talbot I do not want, in fact I forbid you, to be imprudent in the matter of corporal penances. …
Self-conquest
June 7, 2021
My way is sure. I think I can say now without a shade of doubt or hesitation that the path …
May 8, 2021
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, 2021
I have just returned from a mission. Before going I made up my mind to give up for the week my mortifications …
April 16, 2021
All my life my study has been to avoid suffering as much as possible, to make my life a comfortable …
April 14, 2021
Whenever there is a question of choice, ask yourself, “Which would please God most?”, then, “Which will come hardest to my nature?”. …
April 7, 2021
During His Passion our Lord was bound and dragged from place to place. I have hourly opportunities of imitating Him …
March 29, 2021
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum – conquer yourself. This is the secret of the Spiritual Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from …
March 12, 2021
Surely, my child, you are not surprised to find that you have broken your resolution, or rather, that the devil has gained …
March 1, 2021
I am convinced that generally we reach sanctity of life only through a long series of falls from which we get up. …
February 20, 2021