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.

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

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

Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us.

To go to Mass is to go to Heaven.

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.

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.