Love is ever new because it never groweth old.

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.

There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.

Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

And so, lastly, does the very name of "Catholic", which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained; so that, though all heretics wish to be called Catholics, yet when a stranger asks where the Catholic Church meets, no heretic will venture to point to his own chapel or house.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.