Occupation: Saint Birth: May 25, 1887 Death: September 23, 1968
Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost divine..
Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls..
As gifts increase in you, let your humility grow, for you must consider that everything is given to you on loan..
Let us always keep before our eyes the fact that here on earth we are on a battlefield and that in paradise we shall receive the crown of victory; th….
Who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice of the royal prophet: "Today, if you hea….
By suffering we are able to give something to God. The gift of pain, of suffering is a big thing and cannot be accomplished in Paradise..
The devil is like a rabid dog tied to a chain; beyond the length of the chain he cannot seize anyone. And you: keep at a distance. If you approach to….
Since eternity means happiness for you, what does it matter if some of these passing moments are unpleasant?.
The Rosary is THE weapon..
Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven..
The harm that comes to souls from the lack of reading holy books makes me shudder... What power spiritual reading has to lead to a change of course, ….
On this earth everyone has his cross. But we must act in such a way that we be not the bad, but good thief..
Why should you worry whether God wants you to reach the heavenly home by way of the desert or by the fields, when by the one as well as by the other ….
Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter..
If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to say: "Lord, send me tem….
Our Lord sends the crosses; we do not have to invent them..
The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him..
Walk in the way of the Lord with simplicity and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your defects, but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and re….
Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in you….
Pray, hope, don't worry..
Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will..