Occupation: Writer Birth: September 27, 1696 Death: August 1, 1787
St. Jerome declares that he holds for certain, and has learned from experience, that he will never make a good end who has led a bad life to the very….
There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does..
Devil does not bring sinners to Hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins. He thus leads them to eternal perd….
Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of fri….
O God-Man present in this sacrament for me - what a comfort, what a privilege to know I kneel before God! And to think that this God loves me!... Mar….
The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good..
As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him..
Not only is there no need of an intermediary through whom He would want you to speak to Him, but He finds His delight in having you treat with Him pe….
He who suffers in patience, surfers less and saves his soul. He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul..
Good friends find pleasure in one another's company. Let us know pleasure in the company of our best Friend, a Friend who can do everything for us, a….
St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of one's back upon God, leaving the Creator for th….
In obedience to humanity, the King of the universe come down from heaven! In obedience to humanity, he lives imprisoned on the altar! I shall not res….
The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure shall be disappointed; a….
Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation exc….
True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over..
A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism..
He who embraces the cross and bears it with patience lightens the weight of the cross. Indeed, the weight itself becomes a consolation; for God aboun….
Mary obtains salvation for all who have recourse to her. Oh! If all sinners had recourse to Mary, who would ever be lost? ... He who is protected by ….
Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us..
Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you..
Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will..