Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.

Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty.

The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.

There is no inconsistency in saying that God rewards good works, provided we understand that nevertheless men obtain eternal life gratuitously.

It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor.

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good.