From the Magazine

On hearing Christ’s voice, we open the door to receive him, as it were, when we freely assent to his promptings and when we give ourselves over to doing what must be done. — St. Bede the Venerable

We are Christians and Catholic not because we worship a key, but because we have passed a door and felt the wind that is the trumpet of liberty blow over the land of the living. — G.K. Chesterton

No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There’s too much work to do. — Servant of God Dorothy Day

The soul does not reflect on her own intelligence and will. She is completely buried in the abyss of the divinity. There she holds herself in silence, she sleeps, she rests in ineffable sweetness. — Bl. Henry Suso

Jesus, name full of glory, grace, love, and strength! You are the refuge of those who repent, our banner of warfare in this life, the medicine of souls, the comfort of those who mourn, the delight of those who believe. — St. Bernardine of…

I have no further desire to live and only think of giving my life to God. — St. Lugartha Lee Yu-Hye

One biblical event that has always astonished me is the Ascension. I remember when I first learned about it when I was young, I couldn’t help being struck by how sad it made me feel. Jesus, who had died a horrible death, had just returned…

Christ’s Ascension is our uplifting, and the hope of the body is raised … for today not only are we confirmed as possessors of paradise, but have also in Christ penetrated the heights of heaven. — St. Leo the Great

It seems to me that humility is truth. I do not know whether I am humble, but I do know that I see the truth in all things. — St. Thérèse of Lisieux

We may always rejoice, if we will only keep our head a little raised above the flood of human things. — St. John Chrysostom