“The world cannot swell with pride the man who is subject to truth; nor will he be swayed by the flattery of all his admirers, if he has established all his trust in God. For those who do all the talking amount to nothing; they fail with their din of words.” - Imitation of Christ.

Evelyn Waugh’s clever and not-so-subtle takedown of Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” in “Helena.”

"Work is one of the characteristics that distinguish man from the rest of creatures. Only man is capable of work, and only man works. Thus work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons." -Pope St. John Paul II

“It is not as if a good life of some sort came first, and that thereupon God showed his love and esteem for it from on high…No, our life was displeasing to him. He will, therefore, condemn what we have done but he will save what he himself has done in us.” -St. Augustine.

A beautiful new documentary was just released featuring last year's historic Eucharistic Procession down the Mississippi River. Check it out below. It's worth 15 minutes of your time. #FeteDieuduMississippi

“There is no doubt that blessed John suffered as a witness to our Redeemer, whose forerunner he was, and gave his life for him…Herod demanded not that he deny Christ, but only that he deny truth. Because John shed his blood for truth, he surely died for Christ.” -Venerable Bede

Well into his 90s, Fr. Torrell was still publishing several books a year. These three capture the essence of his extensive scholarship.

I had the privilege of living for several years in the same community as Fr. Jean-Pierre Torrell. He was a model friar and scholar. It is fitting that he went home to the Lord on the feast of St. Augustine, whose Rule he followed, and whose texts St. Thomas led him to reverence.

“Entering into myself I saw, as it were with the eye of the soul, what was beyond the eye of the soul: your immutable light…This light was above me because it made me; I was below it because I was created by it. He who has come to know the truth knows this light.” -St. Augustine

RT @CatholicUniv: Kicking off the school year the Cardinal way at the Mass of The Holy Spirit ❤️🙏. This annual tradition marks the official….

“You answered her prayer, O Lord, you did not disregard her tears which fell upon the earth wherever she prayed.” #StMonica

RT @USCCB: "As a Church, we are following the tragic news from Annunciation School in Minneapolis with heartbreaking sadness. Whenever one….

“If the Lord has permitted you to suffer trial, bear it willingly and graciously, considering that it has happened for your good and that perhaps you well deserved it…Thank God for the benefits he has bestowed upon you, that you may be worthy to receive greater.” -St. Louis IX

“The blessings of human dignity, communion, and freedom—all the good fruits on earth of man’s co-operation with nature in the Spirit and according to the Lord’s command—will be found again in the world to come, but purified of all stain, resplendent and transfigured.” -Vatican II.

Eucharistic Adoration outside on the University Lawn closed out student move in and orientation this evening. May the Lamb of God, our Eucharistic Lord, reign on our campus and in our hearts! ⁦⁦@CatholicUniv⁩ ⁦@CathUMinistry⁩

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“If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights!” -St. Rose of Lima

“Just as Mary was borne from virtue to virtue by the Spirit of the Lord, she was transported from earthly renown to heavenly brightness.” -St. Amadeus of Lausanne #QueenshipOfMary

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RT @USCCB: Pope Leo XIV has called for a day of prayer and fasting for peace on Friday, August 22, the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary….