Catholic Wisdom

"Is Christ indeed your King? Is your heart His royal throne, where He alone reigns? Our thoughts, our words, our actions, done for His sake, are His Crown? What sort of crown are you providing Him? We place a sceptre in His hands when we dedicate our will to doing His. We clothe Him with royal purple, with a royal mantle, when we give our love to Him, first and best."

--Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, Sermon on Habitual Grace, in The Spirit of the Curé of Ars, by the Abbé Monnin, ed. by the Reverend John Edward Bowden (Cong. Orat.), 1867.