“If only we have courage, we will go to heaven on horseback instead of idling and creeping along.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – I will pray today for fortitude, that wonderful gift of the Holy Spirit, which will enable me to overcome whatever...
“A grain of charity suffices to calm many anxieties and ease many differences.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Heavenly Father, when the opportunity to be a peacemaker comes my way, help me to accept it and show your love equally to those with...
In the seminary there is more need of piety and passable knowledge with an understanding of chant, ceremonies, preaching and the teaching of catechism than of a great deal of doctrine (II:266).