To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His children, and paternal discipline is itself a mercy, a fatherly expression of love.

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.

God sometimes gives us what we want so we'll learn to trust Him to give us what we need.

The Mass-and I mean every single Mass-is heaven on earth. Literally.

A joyless Catholic is the devil's best tool. A joyful Catholic is God's greatest instrument.

The laws of God, like the law of gravity, do not depend upon how I feel about them. They are inexorable.

Down through the centuries, the Church has carefully preserved, protected, and defended its Marian teachings, because to give them up would be to give up the gospel.