+ From today’s Gospel: And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple… (Luke 14:27). To take up one’s cross means to accept and bear unmurmuring everything unpleasant, painful, sad, difficult and oppressive that may happen to us in our life. And therefore, whether...

+ Be assured that God does not need anything of ours. Rather, we stand in need of all things from Him. Thus our thanksgiving adds nothing to Him but causes us to be nearer to Him…For this reason, even the awesome Mysteries, so full of that great salvation, which are...

+ When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep” Although there is a grave sin that you cannot wash away yourself with the tears of your penitence, let the mother of the church weep for you. She who intercedes for all...