'We are not created for this earth. The end for which God has placed us in the world, is this, that by our good works we may merit eternal life. "The end is life everlasting."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
When you make yourself a follower of Christ you become in opposition to the world, but I would rather be an enemy to the entire world than be at odds with God.
“For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men's hearts are not often as bad as their acts, and very seldom as bad as their words.”
― Tolkien J.R.R., The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
What’s unusual about this 1649 engraving by Claude Mellan, Sudarium of Saint Veronica?
The image is produced by one continuous spiraling line starting at the tip of Jesus’ nose.
Our Lady of La Salette
The beautiful Lady stood up and said: “If my people do not obey, I shall be compelled to loose my Son’s arm. It is so heavy that I can no longer hold it.“ (Virgin Mary’s message in 1846)
Sainte-Chapelle was built in Paris in 1248 by King Louis IX (St. Louis) to house what was believed to be the Crown of Thorns placed on Jesus’ head before his crucifixion, and an alleged fragment of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
St Lawrence of Brindisi. Preached Christ in at least six languages, led armies against the Turks armed with only a cross and became a doctor of the Church.
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi pray for us.
Sancte Laurenti (Brindisi), oro pro nobis.