+   He must increase, but I must decrease. What is this? He must be exalted, but I must be humbled. How is Jesus to increase? How is God to increase? The Perfect does not increase. God neither increases nor decreases. For if He increases, He is not perfect;...

  +   Christ is the spouse of every soul; the wedding in which they are joined is baptism. The place of that wedding is the Church; the pledge of the wedding is the remission of sins and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. The consummation of the wedding, eternal...

  +   Blessed Feast of Theophany  You have received money not that you might use it for your body for excess gold and ornaments but that you might release and nourish the poor. Say, therefore, constantly that which you said when you were initiated [into Baptism]: I renounce you,...

  +   Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Christ is born; glorify Him. Christ comes from heaven; go out to meet Him. Christ descends to earth; let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad, for His sake who was first in heaven and then on earth. Christ is...