Category Archives: New Evangelization

St Maximilian Kolbe

“No one in the world can change Truth.
What we can do and and should do is to seek truth
and to serve it when we have found it”

“The Immaculate will conquer, through us, the whole world and every single soul.”

“But grace, for ourselves and for others, is obtained by humble prayer, by mortification, and by fidelity in the accomplishment of our own ordinary duties, including the simplest ones.”

“For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more.”

St Maximilian Kolbe

the Armor of God

from a Letter by St Ignatius of Antioch

All things have an end, and two things, life and death, are side by side set before us, and each one will go to his own place. Just as there are two coinages, one of God and the other of the world, each with its own image, so unbelievers bear the image of this world, and those who have faith with love bear the image of God the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Do your utmost to stand firm in the precepts of the Lord and the Apostles, so that you may prosper in all that you do in the flesh and in the spirit, in faith and love, in the Son and the Father and the Spirit, at the beginning and at the end.

I am writing this from Smyrna and the Ephesians here send you their greeting. They, like you, are here for the glory of God and have in all things given me comfort, as has Polycarp, the bishop of the Smyrnaeans. The other Churches also greet you in honour of Jesus Christ. Farewell. See that there is a godly unity among you and an unhesitating spirit; for this is Jesus Christ.

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From a letter attributed to Barnabas

Hope of life is the beginning and end of our faith.
Greetings, sons and daughters. In the name of the Lord
who loves us, peace be to you.

Because the Lord has granted you an abundance of blessings,
I rejoice immeasurably in your blessed and glorious company.

The Lord has given us these three basic doctrines: hope for eternal life, the beginning and end of our faith; justice, the beginning and end of righteousness; and love, which bears cheerful and joyous witness to the works of righteousness.

When evil days are upon us and the worker of malice gains power, we must attend to our own souls and seek to know the ways of the Lord. In those times reverential fear and perseverance will sustain our faith, and we will find need of forbearance and self-restraint as well. Provided that we hold fast to these virtues and look to the Lord, then wisdom, understanding, knowledge and insight will make joyous company with them.

is it Difficult to be a Christian ?

The true soldier fights not because
he hates what is in front of him
but because he loves what is behind him.

Literature is a luxury
Fiction is a necessity.

There is the great lesson of ‘Beauty and the Beast
that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

There are two ways to get enough.
One is to continue to accumulate more and more.
The other is to desire less and less.

G K Chesterton