The soul has neither beginning nor end [They] come into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of their previous lives

When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer.

For we no longer take up "sword against nation," nor do we "learn war any more," having become children of peace, for the sake of Jesus, who is our leader.

Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church, baptism is given for the remission of sins, and, according to the usage of the Church, baptism is given even to infants. If there were nothing in infants which required the remission of sins and nothing in them pertinent to forgiveness, the grace of baptism would seem superfluous

When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave the house and to go away to those who are not able to come to Him.

It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul.

What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?