I was steeped in the understanding that if 'something is Roman [Catholic], it must be wrong.

I was steeped in the understanding that if 'something is Roman [Catholic], it must be wrong.

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

If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.

Mary is God's masterpiece. Have you ever walked into a museum where an artist was displaying his work? Can you imagine him being offended if you were viewing what he considered to be his masterpiece? Would he resent your looking at that instead of at him? 'Hey, you should be looking at me!' Rather, the artist would receive honor because of the attention you were giving his work. And Mary is God's work, from beginning to end.

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.

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