To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.

The diversity of language alienates man from man

A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent.

That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not of our head, who is our Savior himself-of whom all, even she herself, are rightly called children of the bridegroom-but plainly she is the mother of us who are his members, because by love she has cooperated so that the faithful, who are the members of that head, might be born in the Church. In body, indeed, she is the Mother of that very head.

Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.