Occupation: Canonized Birth: August 29, 1769 Death: November 18, 1852
He who has Jesus has everything..
The dear Lord has favored us with a share of His cross. The greatest and undoubtedly the hardest to bear is the lack of success in our work here. If ….
My prayers are just an outpouring of gratitude for the assurance of that most completely desired Will of God, which will seem all the more desirable ….
Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do..
Jesus, I live for Thee, I labor for Thee, I desire only Thee. Thou in me and I in Thee; Thou with me and I with Thee; Thou all mine and I all Thine..
If only I could be hidden in a corner, so as not to be tempted to worry about things that are not really my business..
If humility is always desirable, generous humility is still more so..
Those who desire only the good pleasure of God abide in peace even in the midst of failure, for God has not told us that He requires success of us..
All desire but that of doing God's holy will has been extinguished in me..
O Jesus, my Divine Saviour, I offer You my mind and heart. Direct their movements while I pray, so that I may offer my prayer in union with Your Imma….
Jesus went before us on the narrow path along which He beckons us to follow Him..
How very beautiful and consoling our faith is! For the little work we do here on earth it promises in return all the joys of assured happiness..
The worst defect in the world would be to consider yourself free from faults. Being too greatly saddened by one's faults can come from having one's ….
We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our happiness..
Humility is the virtue that requires the greatest amount of effort..
Never forget that the road to Heaven is the Way of the Cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the Cross as He did..
Let us bear our cross and leave it to God to determine the length and the weight..
I love my solitude, and I would love it still more if I had more of it..
Really, it is the Lord who carries the cross, for He knows how to make the soul content with little or no consolation and always to find strength in ….
What interests you most is our present condition: it is what we would have desired, thorny and difficult, but it is made easier by the unction of gra….
Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross t….