Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks to give rather than to get. Charity towards and compassion for others is a way to overcome too much self-love

May we dedicate our lives to serving the Lord and not worry about offending the devil.

This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt.

Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your best interests at heart.

True disciples are those who go beyond simply believing. They act out their belief.

My dear young friends, I speak to you as one who stands on the edge of eternity. From that perspective, I see you as the choicest spirits ever placed on the earth. The promises in your generation's patriarchal blessings, if you are faithful, seem to exceed the promises in Sister Faust's blessing and in mine. ...I want you to know that I believe in you. I believe you can be in the world but not of the world.

Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.