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Pentecost Sunday The Holy Spirit is a power most mighty, a being divine and unsearchable. — St. Cyril of Jerusalem

O Jesus, if I but considered attentively your immense solicitude for me, how greatly should I not excel in every virtue? — St. Gemma Galgani

Part of the richness of our Catholic sacramental life is its tangibility — its appeal to our senses. Natural elements like water and fire are used in our sacraments to remind us of holy intangibles. Yet these symbols aren’t things that…

Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute in the highest degree to their parents' welfare. — St. Paul VI

God certainly knows what is best for my sanctification and I gladly repeat: “Thy will be done.” — St. Damien of Molokai

Occupy your minds with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones; unoccupied they cannot be. — St. Thomas More

Let me get through today, and I shall not fear tomorrow. — St. Philip Neri

When I raise my eyes to the grace of divine assistance, I am confident that I can accomplish virtuous deeds. — St. Bede the Venerable

Seventh Sunday of Easter (ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, Philadelphia) Ascension of the Lord (all others U.S. ecclesiastical provinces) It is not said, “May the joy of the Lord enter…

Saturday in the Sixth Week of Easter The monks have no sadness. They wage war on the devil as though they were performing a dance. — St. John Chrysostom