Woman is the daughter of falsehood, a sentinel of hell, the enemy of peace.

I do not worship matter I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.

Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.

In former times, God, who is without form or body, could never be depicted. But now when God is seen in the flesh conversing with men, I make an image of the God whom I see. I do not worship matter I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.

He who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.

Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.

Because of the Incarnation, I salute all remaining matter with reverence.

O Mother of God! If I place my confidence in thee, I shall be saved if I am under thy protection, I have nothing to fear for the fact of being thy client is a possession of a certainty of salvation which God grants only to those whom He intends to save.

The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve, was transformed into joy.

If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.

The Eucharist is a fire which inflames us

An angel is an intelligent essence, always in motion. It has free will, is incorporeal, serves God, and has been bestowed with immortality. Only the Creator understands its true nature.

...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim at exciting strife and tumults, so as to draw us away from what is good? Let us cleave, therefore, to those who cultivate peace with godliness?