Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time chastity is the sure way to happiness.
It’s better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans the heart.
The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.
In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
Freedom exists for the sake of love.
Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God’s perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!
Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
Mary’s role is to make Her Son Shine.
Never again war. Never again hatred and intolerance.
We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.
The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result of an evolution of matter reducible to pure chance and necessity.
A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance and even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant.
Faith intervenese not to abolish reason’s autonomy nor to reduce its scope for action, but solely to bring the human being to understand that in these events it is the God of Israel who acts.
A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.