"God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect esca..." — Mother Angelica

My life is such a contradiction. My soul yearns for holiness and then runs from the mortification necessary to attain it.

Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.

Today's man of the world proclaims that sin, and his enterprising in sin, are a part of modern living, but it is not modern. It goes back to Adam and Eve - to desire and the temptation to know - to experience evil.

Jesus told us to learn from him how to be meek and humble of heart. We must look at his life if we are to have any concept of what humility is all about.