The verdict of the world is conclusive.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you.

We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God.

For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared.

Singing is of a lover.

Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.

You can live, provided you live; that is, you can live for ever, provided you live a good life.

Nobody should ever doubt that in the washing of rebirth (Titus 3:5) absolutely all sins, from the least to the greatest, are altogether forgiven.

Don't hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the most precious blood of his only-begotten Son.

So the Church too, like Mary, enjoys perpetual virginity and uncorrupted fecundity.