Jonathan Morales

“More souls are released by the Mass than any other means. St. Jerome said that "for every Mass devoutly celebrated, many souls leave Purgatory and fly to Heaven". St. Bernadette, who had a great devotion for the holy souls, would tell her fellow religious sisters "I have heard Mass for the souls in Purgatory: nothing but the Precious Blood of Jesus applied for them, can liberate them". St. John Vianney (the Curé d’Ars) emphasized that the Mass is greater than any works preformed, "All good works taken together cannot equal the value of one Holy Mass; because they are the works of men, whereas Holy Mass is the work of God." The Mass is the most effective way to help the holy souls in Purgatory.”
― Johan Cyprich, Purgatory 101: Everything You Wanted To Know About Purgatory

“If thou hast any good, believe that others have more, and so thou mayest preserve thy humility. It is no harm to thee if thou place thyself below all others; but it is great harm if thou place thyself above even one. Peace is ever with the humble man, but in the heart of the proud there is envy and continual wrath.”
― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“As our schools become more feelings centered, risk averse, competition-free, and sedentary, they move further and further from the characteristic sensibilities of boys.”
― Christina Hoff Sommers, The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men