Optional Memorial of St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Sts. John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs Our chiefest labor in prayer must be to inflame and set our hearts on fire. — St. John Fisher

Optional Memorial of St. George, Martyr; St. Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr Fairy tales do not give a child his first idea of bogy. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of the bogy. The baby has known…

Fourth Sunday of Easter In God alone is there primordial and true delight, and in all our delights it is this delight that we are seeking. — St. Bonaventure

Optional Memorial of St. Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Faith seeks understanding. I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. — St. Anselm

Friday of the Third Week of Easter This is a time for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord on the day of Easter: to be a sign and an instrument of the Father’s mercy. — Pope Francis

Thursday of the Third Week of Easter I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. — St. Teresa of Kolkata

Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always everywhere. We work while singing, we sail while reciting hymns, we accomplish all other occupations of…

Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter Leave sadness to those in the world. We who work for God should be lighthearted. — St. Leonard of Port Maurice

Monday of the Third Week of Easter How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. — St. Teresa of Ávila

Third Sunday of Easter The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God. — St. Thomas Aquinas