In the spiritual life, he who does not advance goes backwards.
The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of trial and in the exaltation after the combat.
Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue.
Imagine Jesus crucified in your arms and on your chest, and say a hundred times as you kiss His chest, "This is my hope, the living source of my happiness; this is the heart of my soul; nothing will ever separate me from His love.
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 one arrives all the same at a Blessed Eternity? Keep far from you excessive preoccupation which arises from the trials which the good God wishes to visit upon you.
It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We must triumph!
Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.
Why fly like a hen when you can soar like an eagle?
The Rosary is THE weapon.
Since eternity means happiness for you, what does it matter if some of these passing moments are unpleasant?
The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for women to enter in trousers, without a veil on their head, in short clothing, low necklines, sleeveless or immodest dresses.
Never rise from the table without having given due thanks to the Lord. If we act in this way, we need have no fear of the wretched sin of gluttony.
We must empty purgatory with our prayers.
The Lord our King will hold the door of His heart open for anyone who wants to enter for an audience at any time
The sacred gift of prayer is in the right hand of our Savior, and according to the measure that you empty yourself of yourself, that is of love of your senses and of your own will, and make progress in rooting yourself in holy humility, to that extent the Lord will speak to your heart.
You must concentrate on pleasing God alone, and if He is pleased, you must be pleased.
In order to console a soul in it's sufferings, point out to it all the good it can still do.
Pray, hope, don't worry.
May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.
Time spent in honor of God for the salvation of souls is never badly spent.
The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate.
Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.
Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.
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 temptations."
Faith guides even us and we follow its sure light on the way which conducts us to God and His homeland.
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