Occupation: Saint Birth: April 5, 1447 Death: September 15, 1510
Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt remains a….
When the soul is naughted and transformed, then of herself she neither works nor speaks nor wills, nor feels nor hears nor understands; neither has s….
Now although man is created for the possession of happiness, yet, having deviated from his true end, his nature has become deformed and is entirely r….
And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and then see that men cease not from evil-doing, oh, how it grieves me! The infinite ….
This I say, because God showed me somewhat of his truth, in order that I might know what man is without him; that is, when the soul is found in morta….
Lenten fasts make me feel better, stronger, and more active than ever..
Love is a divine flame..
The one sole thing in myself in which I glory is that I see in myself nothing in which I can glory..
My "me" is God nor do I recognize any other "me" except my God himself..
Know for a certainty that if men understood how terrible is even one solitary sin, they would rather be cast into a heated furnace, and there remain,….
Any time spent before the Eucharistic presence, be it long or short, is the best-spent time of our lives..
We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness..