“If the Lord is calling you to follow him in the ministerial priesthood or in the consecrated life, do not hesitate to respond to his invitation. … I appeal to you, young men: be attentive and open to Jesus’s call to offer your lives in the service of God and his people. The Church … […]

“Jesus constantly renews his invitation to you to be his disciples and his witnesses. Many of you he calls to marriage. …. Consider seriously the divine call to raise a Christian family, and let your youth be the time in which to build your future with a sense of responsibility. Society needs Christian families, saintly […]

The Christian agenda — so easy to say and so hard to do — is “to come to want what God wants” (Iain Matthew). It doesn’t happen over night, but if we persist, we can gradually grow into it. We begin by at least wanting to want what God wants, and we trust Him to […]

“We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist. The moment we do, something breaks. … The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, ‘Come to me.’ Nowhere does the Gospel say, ‘Go away,’ but always ‘Come to me’. … Our lives must be woven around the Eucharist” […]

We are all called to be saints: “Let no soul, even the most miserable, fall prey to doubt; for as long as one is alive, each one can become a great saint, so great is the power of God’s grace. It remains only for us not to oppose God’s action” (St. Faustina, Diary, 283).