Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.

No, he can never be lost who recommends himself to thee, O Mary.

"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land." When the soul, like the solitary turtle-dove, retires and recollects itself in meditation to converse with God, then the flowers, that is, good desires, appear; then comes the time of pruning, that is, the correction of faults that are discovered in mental prayer.

As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.

Not only is there no need of an intermediary through whom He would want you to speak to Him, but He finds His delight in having you treat with Him personally and in all confidence.

A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism.

The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.