Claret With You

14 December

“As all of us must work for the greater glory of God, according to the expression of St. Paul, our prayer should be continuous; and it is, says St. Augustine, if our works are always animated by the desire of faith, hope and charity. A similar desire fosters...

13 December

“I preached retreats to the entire clergy: canons, pastors, beneficiaries, etc. This was my yearly practice as long as I was on the island” Aut 512 ANIMATION OF THE PASTORS There might be some who are not familiar with the words of this testimony Claret offers us in...

12 December

“The true servant of God rarely complains of his suffering and desires less that others suffer and has pity for their troubles. All his sorrows will disappear when he compared them with those of Jesus just as the stars disappear when the sun appears” Carta ascética…...

11 December

“The one who is patient, suffers, is silent or speaks gently and offers everything to God at the imitation of Jesus who was suffering with and for his disciples and the masses; but the one who does not have this virtue, excuses himself saying that it is wasting time,...

15 December

“I bought a ranch for the poor of Puerto Principe........My object in starting this ranch was to gather together poor...

14 December

“As all of us must work for the greater glory of God, according to the expression of St. Paul, our prayer should be...

13 December

“I preached retreats to the entire clergy: canons, pastors, beneficiaries, etc. This was my yearly practice as long as...

7 October

“We honour … the Blessed Virgin Mary, our most tender mother; we imitate her virtues, we continuously give her thanks...

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6 October

“October 6th 1850, the feast of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusian order I had once wished to join….., was my...

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5 October

“In the case of children, the only work required is that of planting, whereas adults require both weeding and...

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4 October

“When one is poor and really wants to be poor, freely and not by force, then he enjoys the sweetness of poverty and,...

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3 October

“Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament is our moral and physical life. Moral, which consists in knowing and loving,...

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2 October

“Societies have become weak and are starving because they have ceased to receive the daily bread of God’s Word. Every...

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1 October

“The Word has been, is and will always be the queen of the world” Aut 449 THE WORD, QUEEN OF THE WORLD When St. Paul...

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30 September

*299.- “Doing and suffering are the greatest proofs of love.” Aut 424 THE GREAT PROOFS OF LOVE In a solemn declaration...

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27 September

*269.- “At times we are persecuted and slandered for something we haven’t done but we are culpable in other things and...

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22 September

*219.- “Before eating I will say, ‘Lord, I eat so as to have strength and to serve you better’. Before going to bed,...

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6 September

*59.- “I have always recommended the Blessed Virgin to all the Christian faithful; but she loved in a special way the...

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3 September

*29.- “In difficult times , keep your peace of mind. The just person lives by faith and God tests those who love him....

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