"Our Lord, from the night in which he sweated (Lk 22:44), changed the sweat of labour [exerted] on a land that produce…"

"Maravigliando a quel celeste avviso | vanno i pastor dell'abituro in traccia, | e del nato Fanciul. Di accese tede | …"

"So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now g…"

"Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And b…"

"Ma non lungi di là sotto alta rupe | pastorelli a guardar la gregge intesi, | tutta in pio ragionar traean la notte; …"

"Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and ha…"

"Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the temple to present him to the Lord, but no sooner have they entered than a man and a…"

"I am not at all surprised that the Passion has been declared an excess. And in fact, it is an excess of love on the p…"

"When the Devil sees that God bends down to a man to show him mercy, to give him relief from his passions either throu…"

"I remember that once, while meditating on the Passion, a thought formed in my mind with great clarity, almost without…"