It was not the visible sun, but its invisible Creator who consecrated this day for us, when the Virgin Mother, fertile of womb and integral in her virginity, brought him forth, made visible for us, by whom, when he was invisible, she too was created. A Virgin conceiving, a Virgin bearing, a Virgin pregnant, a Virgin bringing forth, a Virgin perpetual. Why do you wonder at this, O man?

The law detects, grace alone conquers sin.

God grants us not always what we ask so as to bestow something preferable.

Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.

God gives where he finds empty hands.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.