From the Magazine

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

To the good man, to die is gain. The foolish fear death as the greatest of evils; the wise desire it as a rest after labors and the end of ills. — St. Ambrose

I am not my own; I have given myself to Jesus. — St. Kateri Tekakwitha

No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that may happen to him if he could come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men. — St. Rose of Lima

Christ has turned all our sunsets into dawns. — St. Clement of Alexandria

(ABOVE) Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not), Fritz von Uhde (1848–1911)

Exalted, drawn, and absorbed into the uncreated Light, I beheld that which cannot be related. — St. Angela of Foligno

Our lighted candles are a sign of the divine splendor of the one who comes to expel the dark shadows of evil and to make the whole universe radiant with the brilliance of his eternal light. — St. Sophronius

Spanning the gap between the late medieval world and the so-called modern age, a phenomenon called the devotio moderna reshaped European religious sensibilities. A variety of pious interests characterize this loose movement, which strove to…

O the wonderful power of the cross! O the unspeakable glory of the Passion, in which is seen at once the Lord’s judgment seat, the trial of the world, and the power of the crucified. —  St. Leo the Great