V Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
They departed into their own country another way, that they might not be brought into contact with the unbelief of the Jews.
They departed into their own country another way, that they might not be brought into contact with the unbelief of the Jews.
The freshness of our gladness and the quickening of our faith hath no time wherein to die away.
There are some heretics who believe Him to be God, but confess not His Kingly dominion over all things; these offer unto Him frankincense, but refuse Him gold. There are some others who admit that He is King, but deny that He is God; these present unto Him gold, but will not give Him frankincense.
While He was unknown in the stable, He was recognised in the heavens.
The French author Abbè Tanqueray offers an explanation of the beatitudes in relation to the spiritual life.
They inhabited a mystical world whose spell could not be broken by even the most relentless logician.
We cannot always have access to a spiritual Father for counsel in our actions, and particularly in our doubts.
From the sermons of St. John Chrysostom and St. Augustine.
You may here discover the real secret of obtaining consolation in affliction.