Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. From the sole of the foot to the head there is no sound spot: Wound and welt and gaping gash, not drained, or bandaged, or eased with salve. -The 1st Sorrowful Mystery

Holy Quotes

C
hristians must share in the task of building up the city, creating new modes of neighborliness and relationship. They must also perceive an original application of social justice and undertake responsibility for this collective future.

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.

At the moment of prayer, chase from your spirit even the simple representations of human realities and the images of all creatures. Or the imagination, being occupied with objects of less importance, will lose Him Who is incomparably superior to them all.
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