CHAPTER XIX. Of Real Friendship. DO you, my child, love every one with the pure love of charity, but have no friendship save with those…
CHAPTER XVII. On Friendship: Evil and Frivolous Friendship. FOREMOST among the soul’s affections is love. Love is the ruler of every motion of the heart;…
CHAPTER XII. On Purity. PURITY is the lily among virtues–by it men approach to the Angels. There is no beauty without purity, and human purity…
CHAPTER VIII. Gentleness towards others and Remedies against Anger. THE holy Chrism, used by the Church according to apostolic tradition, is made of olive oil…
Viva Il Papa! From the life of St. Francis: Later he was in the Chapel of San Damiano and heard God’s voice speak clearly to…
CHAPTER VII. How to combine due care for a Good Reputation with Humility. PRAISE, honour, and glory are not bestowed on men for ordinary, but…
Steven’s face shining like the sun and the religious response, ”stone him!”. Religious people took his mortal life. Elijah the Tishbite demonstrated…
The blood of Christ has been shed over all creation, only unbelief blinds us to it. Your soul is covered in the…
I’ve done the unthinkable the last few months, I have attempted to remove my private experience of God, or what I think is God and…
CHAPTER III. On Patience. “YE have need of patience, that, after ye have done the Will of God, ye might receive the promise,” says Saint…
