O my God, teach me to be generous to serve you as you deserve to be served to give without counting the cost to fight without fear of being wounded t….

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts..

Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord..

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples..

God will not be outdone in generosity..

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and ….

It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross..

Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost..

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections..

We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides..

No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended….

Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you..

If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy..