Prophecy, that universal and perpetual torch by which faith is enlightened.
Jean-Baptiste Henri LacordaireFor Christians, the first of books is the Gospel and the Rosary is actually the abridgement of the Gospel.
Jean-Baptiste Henri LacordaireLike every man who appears at an epoch which is historical and rendered famous by his works, Jesus Christ has a history, a history which the church and the world possess, and which, surrounded by countless memorials, has at least the same authenticity as any other history formed in the same countries, amidst the same peoples and in the same times. As, then, if I would study the lives of Brutus and Cassius, I should calmly open Plutarch, I open the Gospel to study Jesus Christ, and I do so with the same composure.
Jean-Baptiste Henri LacordaireIn relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.
Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire