Without prayer it is impossible to resist temptations and to keep the commandments.

A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.

The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.

If you embrace all things in this life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His holy will, assuredly you will die a saint.

Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors.

The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.