Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

-- Psalm xcviii. 1

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.

-- John xix. 25-27

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted. My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me. Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee.

-- Psalm xxx. 10, 16, 18

And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

-- Matthew xxi. 9

Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me. Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me.

-- Psalm xxxiv. 1,2

But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.

-- Psalm xxxiv. 13

Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

-- Psalm cii. 2

May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

-- Psalm lxvi. 2

Ecce lignum Crucis in quo salus mundi pepéndit. (Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the Saviour of the world.)

-- The Adoration of the Cross

Let us sing to the Lord: for he is gloriously magnified, the horse and the rider he hath thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my praise, and he is become salvation to me: he is my God, and I will glorify him: the God of my father, and I will exalt him.

-- Exodus xv. 1,2

Forth to the Paschal Victim, Christians, bring

-- Victimae paschali laudes

The Lord shall have brought thee into a land that floweth with milk and honey, ...that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth.

-- Exodus xiii. 5, 9

Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.

-- Psalm civ. 1

Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

-- Matthew xxv. 34

And they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one accord thy victorious hand. For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent.

-- Wisdom x. 20-21

And he brought them out in hope and they feared not: and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

-- Psalm lxxvii. 53

And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

-- Psalm civ. 43

Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.

-- Psalm lxxx. 2

If you have done nothing, or if what you have done has been fruitless because it was done for a human motive, begin immediately to do good works so that at death you will be able to offer something to Jesus Christ in order that He may give you eternal life.

-- St John Vianney

No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the body than he who does less, inasmuch as neither virtue or merit consists therein; for otherwise he would be an evil case, who for some legitimate reason was unable to do actual penance. Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion, without which the soul is worth nothing.

-- St Catherine of Siena

If I were worthy of such a favor from my God, I would ask that he grant me this one miracle: that by His grace He would make of me a good man.

-- St Ansgar

The spirit flows to you and to all men from the heart of the God-man, Savior of the world, but certainly, no worker was ever more completely and profoundly penetrated by it than the foster father of Jesus, who lived with Him in closest intimacy and community of family life and work. Thus, if you wish to be close to Christ, we again today repeat, "Go to Joseph" (Gn 41:44)

-- Pope Pius XII

[God] gave Himself to us through His Spirit. By the participation of the Spirit, we become communicants in the divine nature.... For this reason, those in whom the Spirit dwells are divinized.

-- St. Athanasius, Epistulae ad Serapionem

Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God: believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many mansions.

-- John xiv. 1

Shout with joy to God, all the earth, sing ye a psalm to His name; give glory to His praise.

-- Ps. lxv. 1-2

By the effective exercise of only one virtue, a person may attain to the height of all the rest.

-- St. Gregory Nazianzen

Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.

-- St. Francis de Sales

Hence, I tearfully beg you to refrain from seeking the favors of the world and to renounce all that is carnal. It is impossible to follow both the world and Jesus. Let us live a life of renunciation, for our bodies will soon be dust and nothing else will last any longer.

-- St. Jerome

Hence, I tearfully beg you to refrain from seeking the favors of the world and to renounce all that is carnal. It is impossible to follow both the world and Jesus. Let us live a life of renunciation, for our bodies will soon be dust and nothing else will last any longer.

-- St. Jerome

God's mercy is like an unleashed torrent; it bears away all hearts in its flood.

-- St. John Vianney

O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enraged enemies. And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.

-- Psalm xviil 48,49