Quiet Moment

Joy is the serious business of heaven. — C.S. Lewis

Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord is continually revealing to us the resurrection that is to be. Of this he has constituted the Lord Jesus Christ the first fruits, by raising him from the dead. — St. Clement I

If you rightly bear your cross, it will bear you. — Thomas à Kempis

The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat. — G.K. Chesterton

Our Savior has instituted the most august sacrament of the Eucharist, which contains his flesh and blood in their reality, so that whoever eats of it shall live forever. Therefore, whoever turns to it frequently and devoutly so effectively…

Following Jesus is a serious task, and, at the same time, one filled with joy; it takes a certain daring and courage to recognize the divine Master in the poorest of the poor and those who are cast aside, and to give oneself in their…

Faith seeks understanding. I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. — St. Anselm

To know Jesus and him crucified is my philosophy, and there is none higher. — St. Bernard of Clairvaux

“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!” — Mark 11:9–10

The faithful person lives constantly with God, he is always serious and joyous: serious because he remembers God, joyous because he dreams of all the good things God has given to man. — St. Clement of Alexandria