"The Magi, the first pagans called to faith and our forerunners, show us the way that leads to the Redeemer and how we…"

"True temporal and eternal happiness lies in the possession of God. (p. 127)"

"The Christian life is not and cannot be entertainment, because its goal is not to pass more or less joyfully the time…"

"Contemplation, whereby the soul is lifted up into divine magnificence, is exultation of the spirit in divine light, j…"

"Night came. It was cold but clear, and the stars shone in the sky. A great silence surrounded that place, and an even…"

"It was a solemn moment: the angelic host, invisible, became visible; it was a choir of light shining in the night to …"

"The night, which seemed to have disappeared for a moment, returned with its cloak of shadows. The firmament shone, bu…"

"Never has there been so much talk of peace as today, and never has the world been such a theatre of war as today. If …"

"The bread of the body, without that of the soul, reduces man to a beast, and concerns him only with the life that pas…"

"Far from modernising ourselves in order to keep up with the times, as they say, we must return to the faith and piety…"