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If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at the conclusion of th….
Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpfu….
Before the coming of Jesus Christ, men fled away from God and, being attached to the earth, refused to unite themselves to their Creator. But the lov….
New revelations regarding faith or morals ... have always been abhorred and challenged in the Church ... Hence, the Sovereign Pontiffs, the Councils,….
To obtain salvation we must tremble at the thought of being lost, and tremble not so much at the thought of hell, as of sin, which alone can send us ….
What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who ar….
A dancer differeth from a madman only in length of time; one is mad so long as he liveth, the other while he danceth..
My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be ava….
Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors..
It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such….
If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has ….
But You never reject a repentant and humble heart..
With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength, your only fear should be to fear God t….
A true servant of Mary cannot be lost..
When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wra….
In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the mind to some spiritual,….
The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement..
Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him..
True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ….
How beautiful she is, Our Lady of compassion! How dear! How utterly unselfish! How filled with joy for Him - and us - in the depths of her own agony ….
There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent; this is how love is made, by ….