March 7, 2022

Spiritual advice from the Desert Fathers (as reported by Saint John Cassian) no. 4: Abba Sarapion on eight principal vices

March 7, 2022

“(…) don’t start a war without wise advice.“ “A sage can scale a garrisoned city and shutter the rampart on which it…

Spiritual advice from the Desert Fathers (as reported by Saint John Cassian) no. 3: Abba Daniel on Judges 3: 1-4

March 7, 2022

“One who walks with the wise becomes wise, one who mixes with fools is fooled.“ “Better gain wisdom than gold, choose understanding…

“Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.“
(Jeremiah 6: 16)

“When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony.“
(Pope Pius XI, Quas primas)

“There is certainly an enormous disparity between the powerful resources available to the forces promoting the ‘culture of death‘ and the means at the disposal of those working for a ‘culture of life and love‘. But we know that we can rely on the help of God, for whom nothing is impossible.“
(Saint John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae)