“If I mention to a third party that I am discussing various aspects of my life with another, he will generally agree. It is a good idea: ‘You’re doing the right thing, and I’m glad you’ve found someone who can help you along.’ In a way, this will elevate me in his eyes. But if I tell him that I am going to confession and that it redeems me, this lessens my status in his eyes, for those who do not go to confession always have a great deal to say against it.”

(Adrienne von Speyr, Confession, p. 19)

Fourth Sunday of Lent 2025

“And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and lo, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.” (Exodus 3:2)

Third Sunday of Lent 2025

“Love is not loved!”

(Jacapone da Todi [1230-1306] religious poet who became a Franciscan after his wife died.)

Second Sunday of Lent 2025

“It is fitting that it be recorded that the first Adam was cast out of Paradise into the desert, that you may observe how the second Adam returned from the desert to Paradise. . . .”

(Saint Ambrose, Exposition of the Gospel of Luke)

First Sunday of Lent 2025

“In order to finish His work He sent us the Holy Ghost. This Divine Spirit, who is none other than the substantial love of the Father and the Son, was not satisfied with instilling grace into our souls together with the infused virtues, especially divine charity, but gave Himself to us in order that we might not only enjoy His presence and possess His gifts, but even His very person.”

(Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey, The Spiritual Life, p.41)

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025

“With what assurance does that person pray who harbors animosity toward someone who has offended him?”

(Anonymous, Incomplete Work on Matthew, Homily 14)

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025

“The soul transformed into Jesus can do the work of Jesus, which is to glorify the Father. Thus the divine Jesus leads souls to the Father, in whom all perfection is consummated, because all things find their happiness when they return to their beginning.” (Archbishop Luis M. Martinez, The Sanctifier, p.42)

Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time 2025

“But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ‘Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.’” (Luke 5:8)

Fifth Week of Ordinary Time 2025

“And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: ‘Where are you?’” (Genesis 3:9)

Presentation of the Lord 2025

“Nehemiah was an official of the Persian court whom King Ar-ta-xerxes authorized to go to Jerusalem, in the province of Judah, and rebuild the city.” (The Navarre Bible, Book of Nehemiah, Introduction).

Third Sunday of Ordinary Time 2025