“Qui fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in te.” “You made us for Yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in You.” St. Augustine says that “our hearts find no peace” until they rest in...
The Catholic Church gives the title of ‘Doctor of the Church’ to a few select saints. Today, the Church recognizes 36 saints saints as doctors. The witness of their lives and the depth of their writings are beautifully important to the life of the Church...
For Christians, the Fathers of the Church play an important role in faith formation. Their writings help us gain insight into our own interior lives, just as they guided early Christians. The writings by the Church Fathers help us to understand that the Catholic...
If we don’t know where we came from and who went before us, we feel lost and end up seemingly drifting in the wind wherever it takes us. We need a foundation, on a “Rock”, or at least on a steady barque, in order to make it through the storms of the...
Within the Church, we have the privilege of a rich and deep patrimony from which to draw inspiration and guidance. We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, interceding on our behalf to God. In addition to their intercession, they also provide the...
