Month: <span>August 2019</span>

The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.

For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ

  What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God’s grace, I will do

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures

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

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others

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

Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord