Since no daily responses are given from heaven, and the Scriptures are the only record in which God has been pleased to consign His truth to perpetual remembrance, the full authority which they ought to possess with the faithful is not recognized unless they are believed to have come from heaven as directly as if God had been heard giving utterance to them.

For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of God.

Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been subject to her husband, but that was a liberal and gentle subjection; now, however, she is cast into servitude.

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

Unless we fix certain hours in the day for prayer, it easily slips from our memory.