"The true Christian is a Warrior, not because he loves the fight, but because he loves the truth." - St. John Henry Newman

"I share the desire of my beloved predecessor that all Christians come to appreciate the close connection between Christ’s love and his summons to care for the poor." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test."

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us!

Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers' victim? He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

“In the morning, as you awaken to a new day, let God’s unconditional love be the first reality that greets you.” 📖 Here and Now: Living in the Spirit

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." The Lord replied, If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, Be uprooted and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.

"A humble soul does not trust itself, but places all its confidence in God." - St. Faustina Kowalaska

Turning to the disciples in private Jesus said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it."

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given." - St. Francis of Assisi

"Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing — sickness, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death — can take that love away." Book: The Heart of Henri Nouwen

Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.

“Those who love God are always happy, because their whole happiness is to fulfill, even in adversity, the will of God.” — St. Alphonsus Liguori

St. Jerome: “Good, better, best - never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best.” This guidance applies to our spiritual lives. Jesus consistently warned against complacency and mediocrity. Strive to be a saint and give your very “best” to the Lord each day.

Though our Lord Jesus Christ was rich, he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Then Abraham said, If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.

The Son of Man came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.

I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father except through me.

Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Jesus said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it."

“God is a Father who loves his children with an everlasting love and desires only their happiness and fulfillment.” 
— Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.

Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.