+ “You will know if you have attained the love of God if you have the Lord’s long-suffering patience and like Him, you pray for those who persecute you. You will say, ‘Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.’ A very clear proof that a...

+ There are many virtues which can make us pleasing to God and cause us to appear illustrious and worthy of esteem, but the one that most especially wins favor from on high is loving-concern for the welfare of our neighbor…”Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than...

+ Blessed Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul Now, if the twelve apostles leavened the whole world, how is it that we, being so many, are not able to amend them who remain? We, who ought to be enough for ten thousand worlds, should become leaven to all. “But they,” one...

+ Blessed Fast of the Apostles To love friends is custom for all people, but to love enemies is customary only for Christians” – Tertulian  St. Paul the Apostle says, “I have crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” How deep is...