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Heaven Is for the Violent

Since the Kingdom of Heaven is conquered by doing violence, those who think they can sanctify themselves without suffering have a mistaken idea of sanctity. We should then ask ourselves: Why fret over such small contradictions? Why become so upset when there is something to suffer, failing to understand the …
St. Angela of the Cross - 29, February 2024

“I Have a Mother’s Affection for You”

“In other superiors you will find fathers,” the Blessed once said to his religious. “In their successors you will have leaders; only in the founder do you have a mother… Yes, I have a mother’s affection for you.” And to make his thought even clearer to them, he added: “Hear …
Editorial team - 31, July 2021

Transfigured on Calvary

“During her last illness” – attests Sister Fabruzzo – “[St. Bakhita] suffered atrocious pain and anguish, without a single complaint, maintaining a serene and cheerful countenance. She said that the suffering caused by illness is more meritorious than any voluntary mortification. […] For me, it continues to remain a mystery …
Roberto Italo Zanini - 31, January 2024

The Cross Is Sweet When Carried for Love

My daughter – said Jesus, on January 3 of 1935 – suffering and the cross are the key to Heaven. I suffered so much to open it to humanity, and for many it was of no use! They say: ‘there is no hell!’ I died for them, and they declare …
Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa - 30, September 2020

Defeated by the Strength of St. Clare

St. Clare expelling the Saracen invaders from Assisi - St. Clare Monastery, Quito The invaders of the city, those hostile and furious hordes who, thirsting for the blood of Christians are capable of the most monstrous crimes, rushed into the confines of San Damiano, even into the cloister of the …
Thomas of Celano - 31, July 2020

Tender and Fatherly Concern for Perfection

The solicitude that [St. Louis Bertrand] showed for the temporal interests of the community was but a reflection of another, far more tender concern with which he kept watch over the perfection of his religious. […] A religious who had received the habit at the monastery of St. Onofre communicated …
Fr. Bertrand Wilberforce, OP - 30, September 2023

The Cross, Symbol of Honour and Fearlessness

The Cross of Christ and the crosses that we carry for Him are also symbols of our honour. This means receiving humiliation with our head held high, taking pride in it – and moreover, with a spirit of defiance. In face of those who insult us, let us proclaim the …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, August 2022

Sincere and Religious Love

St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius of Loyola - Church of the Jesuits, Paris To my holy Father in Jesus Christ, Ignatius. O my true Father, I received the letters of your holy charity in Malacca upon my return from Japan. The news that I was awaiting, and which they …
St. Francis Xavier - 30, June 2020

Sanctified by Mary’s Word

St. John the Baptist - Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris One excellent way to become acquainted with Mary’s spirit and her Immaculate Heart is to study the life of St. John the Baptist. Since he was sanctified in St. Elizabeth’s womb by a word of Our Lady, one sees that She, in …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, May 2020

A Winning Paternal Kindness

I was about eleven years old when I had the grace to meet Don Rinaldi for the first time, at the festive Oratory of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Turin. All of them called him by the affectionate title “Signor Direttore”; all of them ran joyfully to …
Fr. Eugenio Ceria, SDB - 30, November 2025

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