the Knights and Chesterton

On Jan. 10, 1921, G.K. Chesterton stepped off a ship in New York City and was greeted by a huge press reception. At the time, Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most famous literary figures in the world — an author of epic poetry, plays, novels, detective stories with a priest protagonist, and books on philosophy, art, history and social criticism.

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Mary Queen of Heaven and Earth

“The greatest saints, those richest in grace and virtue will be the most assiduous in praying to the most Blessed Virgin, looking up to her as the perfect model to imitate and as a powerful helper to assist them.”

Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

“Be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of need.”

Saint Basil the Great

“Mary, give me your Heart: so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate; your Heart so full of love and humility that I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life and love Him as you love Him and serve Him in the distressing guise of the poor.”

Blessed Mother Teresa

“In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary
whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.”

Saint Therese of Lisieux

St Bernard of Clairvaux

“Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.”

“Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.”

“Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.”

“True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.”

“Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, Thou fount of life, thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled to Thee again. We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead, And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. O Jesus, ever with us stay, Make all our moments calm and bright; Chase the dark night of sin away, Shed o’er the world Thy holy light.”

St Bernard of Clairvaux

Have no fear

Have no fear. The outcome of the battle for Life
is already decided, even though the struggle goes on.

True joy is a victory. Christ holds the secret of this victory.

You now know that Life is more powerful than the forces of death;
You know that the Truth is more powerful than darkness
that Love is stronger than death.

Never, ever give up on hope, never doubt,
never tire. Do not be Afraid

Pope John Paul II

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

“No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we have found it”

“The Immaculate will conquer, through us, the whole world and every single soul.”

“But grace, for ourselves and for others, is obtained by humble prayer, by mortification, and by fidelity in the accomplishment of our own ordinary duties, including the simplest ones.”

“For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more.”

Saint Maximilian Kolbe