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Love is not blind; that is the last thing it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound the less it is blind. –G.K. Chesterton

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands. –St. Bernard

O glorious St. Matthias … you were selected by the twofold sign of the uprightness of your life and the call of the Holy Spirit. Obtain for us the grace to practice the same uprightness of life and to be called by that same Spirit to…

Mary is the radiant sign and inviting model of the moral life. –St. John Paul II

by Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP For Maurice Denis (1870–1943), the vocation to create sacred art was clear from his youth. At the age of 15, with a sense of destined conviction, he wrote the following words in his journal: “I have to be a…

The martyrs desired death, not to fly labor, but to attain their end. And why did they not fear death, from which man so naturally shrinks? Because they had vanquished the natural love of their bodies, by divine and supernatural love. –St.…

My mother had a love for things that were simply beautiful. Our family home had touches of Japanese artwork, and the backyard was laid out more like an Asian garden than a typical New England landscape. Reflecting back, I think my mom had a…

A person loses nothing by living generously, nobly, courteously and with a royal, just and reasonable heart. –St. Francis de Sales

To be loved by God, to be united to God, to live in the presence of God, to live for God! O, how wonderful life is—and death! –St. John Vianney

Heavenly Father, Help me to hear your call. Help me to understand what your plan is for me. And give me the courage to answer your call. –Prayer for Vocations