My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You!

Let us thank God for having called us to His holy faith. It is a great gift, and the number of those who thank God for it is small.

The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.

Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.

All souls in hell are there because they did not pray. All the saints sanctified themselves by prayer.

Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!

To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul.