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Woe to those who despise devotion to Mary! ... The soul cannot live without having recourse to Mary and recommending itself to her. He falls and is l….
By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings..
Love tends to union with the object loved. Now Jesus Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with immense love; He ardently desires to unite ….
Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!.
How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still?.
He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must lay aside the d….
The definitions of the Church are the rules of true faith..
God loves all those who love him: I love them that love Me..
He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy..
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with frigh….
Mary being destined to negotiate peace between God and man, it was not proper that she should be an accomplice in the disobedience of Adam..
Certainly amongst all devotions, after that of receiving the sacraments, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament holds first place, is most pl….
Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you ….
Do not allow your daughters to be taught letters by a man, though he be a St. Paul or St. Francis of Assissium. The saints are in Heaven..
Those who are seeking the true religion will never find it outside the Catholic Church alone, because, in every other religion, if they trace it up t….
He who prays most receives most..
No, he can never be lost who recommends himself to thee, O Mary..
Let us remember the devil labors hard to disturb us at the time of recollection in order to make us abandon it. Let him then who omits mental prayer ….
You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good to humble ourselves; but it is much mor….
It is just that he should act with reserve towards those who act with reserve towards him. On the contrary, he gives himself entirely to those souls,….
Jesus is the mediator of justice; Mary obtains for us grace; for, as St. Bernard, St. Bonaventure, St. Bernardine of Siena, St. Germanus, St. Antonin….