17 December 2018

Meditation on the Incarnation

Then come to him, lying in the lap of the fairest and sweetest maid. You
will see how great is the divine goodness, which seeks above all else that
you should not despair. Trust him! Trust him! Here is the Child in whom
is salvation. To me there is no greater consolation given to mankind than
this, that Christ became man, a child, a babe, playing in the lap and at the
breasts of his most gracious mother. Who is there whom this sight would
not comfort? Now is overcome the power of sin, death, hell, conscience,
and guilt, if you come to judge this gurgling Babe and believe that he is
come, not to judge you, but to save.


                                                                        Martin Luther’s Christmas Book

29 November 2018

Romance, Adventure and Achievement

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek
him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest
human achievement.

                                                      ― St. Augustine of Hippo

25 November 2018
Battle in the Quiet

He who sit alone and is quite has escaped from three wars:
hearing, speaking, seeing: but there is one thing against which
he must continually fight: that is his own heart.

                — St. Antony the Great, Sayings of the Desert Fathers

10 November 2018

On Thanksgiving

Let us give thanks to God continually. For, it is outrageous that when we enjoy His
benefaction to us in deed every single day, we do not acknowledge the favor with so
much as a word; and this, when the acknowledgment confers great benefit on us.
He does not need anything of ours, but we stand in need of all things from Him.


                — St. John Chrysostom, Homily 25, Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew

3 October 2018

On Anger and Courage

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage;
anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain
the way they are.


                                                                                      St. Augustine of Hippo

26 September 2018

On the Mother of God

Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much.
You can never love her more than Jesus did


                                                  --Saint Maximilian Kolbe

14 September 2018

A reading from the Book of Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16

Blessed the husband of a good wife, twice-lengthened are his days; A
worthy wife brings joy to her husband, peaceful and full is his life. A good
wife is a generous gift bestowed upon him who fears the Lord; Be he rich
or poor, his heart is content, and a smile is ever on his face.

A gracious wife delights her husband, her thoughtfulness puts flesh on his
bones; A gift from the Lord is her governed speech, and her firm virtue is
of surpassing worth. Choicest of blessings is a modest wife, priceless her
chaste soul. A holy and decent woman adds grace upon grace; indeed, no
price is worthy of her temperate soul. Like the sun rising in the Lord’s
heavens, the beauty of a virtuous wife is the radiance of her home.


                                                                                         The Word of the Lord