"When we are mindful of the liturgical year, we are mindful of the life, teaching, and actions of Jesus. Our Church year helps us journey with and get to know the Lord better and better as the years pass."
— Scott Hahn and Ken Ogorek, Breaking the Bread: A Biblical Devotional for Catholics Year B

"Let us learn never to lose hope, no matter into what abyss of troubles we are cast, for Jonah came out of the belly of the whale, and Jesus Christ from the tomb and from hell, thus assuring his faithful ones of their own deliverance."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"During this Lent we must truly seek with greater fervor that which is not just a part but is the entire mystery of this whole season. Therefore if perhaps your zeal has somewhat abated during recent days, it is fitting that you rekindle your fervor of spirit."
— St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season

"Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?"
— God, Ezekiel 18:21–24

Since there have been recent discussions of the "miracle" of the holy fire I figured I would repost the following clip from Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World where he shows that this "miracle" is not a miracle at all. I suggest watching the full video, it goes in much more depth than the few segments I stitched together.

Clips from Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Episode #293 on the "miracle" of the holy fire (Full Video: https://youtu.be/jinCx29LWV4).

The Catholic disposition towards both private revelation and accounts of miracles continues to show itself to be superior to all other positions. We avoid a blasphemous naturalism by insisting on the reality of direct divine intervention, either through private revelation or miracles, while also avoiding the pitfalls of an irrational paganistic acceptance of fables and superstition.

"Here then are the three degrees of charity toward our enemies: to love them, to do good to them, and to pray for them. The first is the source of the second: if we love, we give. The last is the one that we think is the easiest to do, but is in fact the most difficult, because it is the one that we must do in relation to God."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"Let us ponder the fact that he will judge us as we have judged our neighbor. If we pardon, he will pardon us; if we avenge our injuries, we will 'suffer vengeance from the Lord' (Sir. 28:1). His vengeance will pursue us in life and in death, and we will have no rest either in this world or the next."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"If we reserve all of the business of our salvation until the day of our death, it will be far too busy a day. Let us begin now to prepare for the graces that we will need then, and, by pardoning those who hurt us, let us assure ourselves of the eternal mercy of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"It is an error, or rather a heresy, to endeavor to banish a devout life from the camps of soldiers, the shops of tradesmen, the courts of princes, or the affairs of married people... Wheresoever we are, we may and ought to aspire to a perfect life."
— St. Francis de Sales, An Introduction to the Devout Life

"Without the light of God’s revelation, we can become blind to even the most common sense issues of morality. Thank you, Lord, for your Law, which keeps us from descending to the level of brutes and animals, which teaches us to live with dignity appropriate to rational and spiritual beings, to children of God."
— John Bergsma, The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year B

"Today the ugliest danger is gender ideology, which cancels out differences. I asked for studies to be done on this ugly ideology of our time, which erases differences and makes everything the same; erasing difference is erasing humanity. Man and woman, however, exist in a fruitful tension."
— Pope Francis, Friday, March 1, 2024

Reminder:

"It's not about who's 'based' and who's 'blue-pilled', it's about who is in communion with Rome. Do you believe that Peter is the vicar of Christ or do you not? That's what matters."
- Nicholas J. Fuentes, host of America First