Occupation: Hermit Birth: October 23, 1491 Death: July 31, 1556
God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity..
Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls..
The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of good, Christ our Lord:….
He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor..
Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, stren….
For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ..
All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord..
But some most worthless persons are in the habit of carrying about the name of Jesus Christ in wicked guile, while yet they practice things unworthy ….
A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it..
Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal..
... we ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so..
Laugh and grow strong..
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth..
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor..
Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight. ….
The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is natural for a woma….
The glory of God is humankind fully alive..
To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime..
Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness..
After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, a….
Pardon me, O perfections of my God, for having preferred imperfect and evil inclinations to Thee! Pardon me, O justice of my God, for having outraged….