Monk in the Desert by Dorothy Miller "This is the truth, if a monk regards contempt a praise, poverty as riches, and hunger as a feast...

ABRAHAM SACRIFICING ISAAC 1650 - LAURENT DE LA HIRE MUSÉE SAINT-DENIS, REIMS So true faith can’t be cool and aloof. It must move from convic...

"Saint Gregory Delivers the Soul of a Monk" by Giovanni Battista Crespi 1. On All Souls’ Day (Nov. 2) a plenary indulgence, applic...

( photo credit ) Words on card "By this holy anointing and by His most tender mercy, may the Lord forgive you all the evil you have don...

1. My daughter, I want to teach you about spiritual warfare. Never trust in yourself, but abandon yourself totally to My will. In desolation...

Prayer "O my God, a fatal experience gives me more than sufficiently to understand that my soul is too feeble to break all the chains w...

Practical Reflections "To enjoy both the favours and graces of God, we must separate from creatures by a volunatary retreat; we must se...

"If thou longest to climb this eminence, thou must begin manfully, and lay the axe to the root, in order to pluck out and destroy secre...

"Esteem the whole world as nothing; prefer attendance on God before all external occupations. For thou canst not both attend to Me and ...

St. Thomas a Kempis Painting on Mount Agnes by an unknown 17th c. painter Let me begin by stating utterly and clearly that I am the most wr...

( photo credit ) Think of a mother's final kiss to her son before He is to be buried. Think of what this must have been like if that M...

St. Louis continues his reply to his critics... "Some may say, perhaps, if I give our Lady the full value of my actions to apply it to ...

"To them I reply: (1) It is inconceivable that our friends, relatives and benefactors should suffer any loss because we have dedicated ...

No one can object that this devotion is novel or of no value. It is not new, since the Councils, the Fathers of the Church, and many authors...

"Now the Councils, the Fathers of the Church and experience itself, all indicate that the best remedy for the frequent lapses of Christ...

"The Catechism of the Council of Trent, faithful interpreter of that holy Council, exhorts priests to do the same and to encourage the ...

"Men" says St. Thomas, "vow in baptism to renounce the devil and all his seductions." "This vow," says St. Aug...

Our film company Our Lady's Tears Productions has completed our second venture, which I have posted about already. We were having some t...

"I have said that this devotion could rightly be called a perfect renewal of the vows and promises of holy baptism. Before baptism ever...

"It follows then: that by this devotion we give to Jesus all we can possibly give him,and in the most perfect manner, that is, through ...

"Note here that two things must be considered regarding our good works, namely, satisfaction and merit or, in other words, their satisf...

St. Louis de Montfort "This devotion consists in giving oneself entirely to Mary in order to belong entirely to Jesus through her. It ...

Agony in the Garden by El Greco Came across this BEAUTIFUL prayer at Acta Sanctorum and could not resist reposting it here. I salute thee, ...

In these troubled times we must cling to our Lady's skirts and pray daily to be hidden and protected beneath the holy mantle. I find my ...

THEOLOGY OF HUMAN SUFFERING DOCUMENTARY TRAILER from David James on Vimeo . Our Lady's Tear's LLC has recently completed its secon...

Queen of Martyrs and Mother of Compassion, by the unspeakable sorrow which brought thy heart to the lowest depths of desolation, when Jesus ...

Queen of Martyrs and Mother of Compassion, by the bitter sorrow thou didst experience, when receiving on thy knees thy Jesus taken down from...

Queen of Martyrs and Mother of Compassion, by the unspeakable sorrow thou didst suffer, when thou didst behold thy Jesus hanging on the tree...

Teutonic nuns caring for the sick Queen of Martyrs and Mother of Compassion, by the intense sorrow thou didst endure, when thou didst meet ...

Nuns caring for the sick at Hotel Dieu in Paris, c1482 Queen of Martyrs and Mother of Compassion, by the bitter sorrow thy most loving heart...