Words would be superfluous if we had deeds to show for Them.

The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.

We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get home, we should take the Scriptures into our hands, and call our wife and children to join us in putting together what we have heard in church.

Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger.

Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor.

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.

When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.