Why would the apostles lie?....Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out of it? What they got out of it was misunderstanding, rejection, persecution, torture, and martyrdom. Hardly a list of perks!

Our soul, like Mary's body, is to receive God Himself if only we, like her, believe, consent and receive; if only we speak her truly magic word fiat, "let it be." It is the creative word, the word God used to create the universe.

The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say."

It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.

Our destiny is to be so intimately united with God that, as the mystics say, we not only see God's face but also see with God's face.

Sinners think they are saints, but saints know they are sinners.

Without that freedom to sin there is also no freedom to love.