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Jesus honours St Joseph His foster-father and asks us to admire his virtues and ask for his prayers

Jesus honours St Joseph His foster-father and asks us to admire his virtues and ask for his prayers

The virtuous soul is like a bride, whose veil is studded with the 'jewels' of all the virtues.

God our Father watches our first steps in virtue and grace, as though watching a baby who walks towards the saints, who encourage us by their prayers and example.

Through our communion in Christ, we can be brought into the 'Dance' of Heaven, wearing Christ's 'jewels' of virtue.

Wherever Christ is, there are His virtues, and He pours them out upon us, lavishly. He wants to give us all the virtues and not just the ones which seem attractive or easy

Wherever Christ is, there are His virtues, and He pours them out upon us, lavishly. He wants to give us all the virtues and not just the ones which seem attractive or easy

One of the horrors of war is that it can corrupt the innocent victims as well as the aggressors. Just as a 'good' soldier can become careless of life's virtue, and even cruel, so an 'innocent' victim is in danger of hating those who made her suffer, and therefore being 'innocent' no more.

I remember needing courage, and the will to choose what was right

Those who have been blind to God's goodness and lukewarm about practicing the virtues will find, in Purgatory, the contrast between their selfishness and God's goodness.

The less we cling to our own desires, the more easily can Christ clothe us in His own virtues and beauty.

The glorious virtues of the Most Holy Spirit pour upon and through the person who invites Him to do His work within.

Christ, the truth, is shining out towards each soul. A pure soul, like a crystal, receives many virtues. A dark and sinful soul is not penetrated by Christ's light, but is like a rock.

He had been transformed by his Holy Communion and by the prayer of a friend. On his forehead shone a new gem, which radiated an extraordinary light: sign of a particular virtue.

God the Father looks on with infinite kindness whenever a person who has failed in virtue has then repented. It is just as when the father greeted his son with extravagant delight, in the Gospel story about the young man who wanted his inheritance.

God the Father looks on with infinite kindness whenever a person who has failed in virtue has then repented. It is just as when the father greeted his son with extravagant delight, in the Gospel story about the young man who wanted his inheritance.

Everything we think, do and say in our earthly lives can be 'seen' by God. He created us from love, yet He sees all our vices as well as our virtues. He wants us to know that we should keep in mind that we shall all be judged on our behaviour.

Our Lady and St. Elizabeth practiced it; but the virtue of obedience is not much valued today. Christ offered His own example of obedience and love, to guide us; but He sees many Catholics refusing to obey the teachings of the Church; and He sees many Clergy and religious looking upon the practice of obedience as something demeaning, not liberating.

Although some people expected the Saviour to appear on earth as a triumphant warrior, He came to earth to a quite place: into the womb of a chaste, gentle virgin who consented to be His Mother. He was with her, in ordinary life, for over thirty years. He longs to see us develop the virtues which His Mother had from her Conception.

A person who dislikes one of the Church's teachings and therefore refuses to look clearly at the Divine Origin of the Catholic Church, makes himself blind to the other truths the Church offers, about life and death, sin and virtue, and will remain blind unless Christ intervenes to give her special help.