“I know, my dears, that when we recollect how patient and mild he was; although he was a little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.” Bob Cratchit from Charles…

“The Fathers and the whole early tradition not only do not know [a] distinction and opposition [between symbol and reality in the sacraments], but to them symbolism is the essential dimension of the sacrament, the proper key to its understanding.”…

“At the approach of a great feast you must watch yourself with particular care. The enemy endeavors beforehand to chill your heart towards the subject, the event being celebrated, so that you will not honor it by whole-heartedly considering its…

“To suffer lovingly is to suffer no longer. To flee from the cross is to be crushed beneath its weight. We should pray for a love of the cross, then it will become sweet.” ‘One day’, said Fr. Monnin, ‘I…

“As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been yes and no. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we preached among you… was not yes and no; but in Him it is always yes.…