"O holy Apostle Paul of Tarsus, from your glorious place in heaven, look down upon the race you loved so well. True it is that many of them remained deaf to your ringing words of truth, and that some of them even stirred up persecution against you and your fellow believers, but you were so devoted to your people that you willed to become a castaway for the sake of their conversion. Now that you are glorious in heaven, obtain for your brethren the grace of repentance and conversion, so that they may finally take their rightful place in the great family of the Catholic Church. AMEN."
— Prayer to St. Paul for the Conversion of the Jews

"What, then, are we asking when we say, Hallowed be thy name? We beg that God’s name be held holy among people who until now have not regarded him as holy by reason of their unbelief, though of himself and in himself, and in his saints, he is always holy... In him may they find their joy, as straightforward men and women in their straightforward Lord; for how good God is to Israel! But only to those of straightforward hearts."
— St. Augustine, Exposition 1 of Psalm 103

"Are we that much different from Our Lord’s tormentors? Often, don’t we deny that He is king, refusing to obey His only commands that we love Him and one another? Don’t we render Him mock tribute, pay Him lip service with our half-hearted devotions? ... And despite our repeated failures, our frailty, Jesus still humbles Himself to come to us, offering us His Body and Blood in the Eucharist."
— Scott Hahn and Ken Ogorek, Breaking the Bread: A Biblical Devotional for Catholics Year B

"By the words of the Transubstantiation, what took place on Holy Thursday, Christ’s gift of self as nourishment for eternal life, takes place again — in a form which also outwardly resembles the Savior’s act on that holy night."
— Fr. Romano Guardini, Meditations Before Mass

The Fifth Luminous Mystery

"In the ancient rite of Communion, the priest said, 'The body of Jesus Christ,' and the faithful responded, 'Amen,' or 'so it is,' and 'The blood of Jesus Christ,' and the faithful responded, 'Amen,' 'so it is.' All has been accomplished. All has been said. All has been explained. I am silent. I believe. I adore."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"We must rejoice a great deal over this transformation by which we are taken from earthly coarseness to heavenly dignity through that ineffable mercy of the one who descended to our state in order to lift us up to his."
— Pope St. Leo the Great, On the Lord's Resurrection, Delivered on Holy Saturday on the Easter Vigil

"O my God, I resolve with all my heart, in your presence, every day, to think about death, at least when I lie down and when I rise... I will praise God for having brought me to think about repentance, and I will put order into my affairs, into my confession, into my meditation, thinking not about what passes, but with great care, great courage, and great diligence about what remains."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

Christ is King. Every knee will bow; every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.

Don’t pay any attention to politics today.

Jesus conquered hell, defeated death, and freed us from the bondage of sin. Nothing can undo the victory that has already been won!

HAPPY EASTER ✝️

"[M]any of those who said, His blood be upon us and upon our children (Mt 27:25), later on came to believe the apostles bringing them the good news of the resurrection. His blood was indeed upon them, but it was to wash them, not to destroy them; well, upon some to destroy them, upon others to cleanse them; upon those to be destroyed, in justice; upon those to be cleansed, in mercy."
— St. Augustine, Sermon 229F, Preached on the Monday After Easter

"[T]he Church believes and affirms that all human beings—created in the image and likeness of God and recreated in the Son, who became man, was crucified, and rose again—are called to grow under the action of the Holy Spirit to reflect the glory of the Father in that same image and to share in eternal life."
— Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas Infinita

"Only by recognizing an intrinsic and inalienable dignity in every human being can we guarantee a secure and inviolable foundation for that quality. Without any ontological grounding, the recognition of human dignity would vacillate at the mercy of varying and arbitrary judgments."
— Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas Infinita