It is almost certain that excess in eating is the cause of almost all the diseases of the body, but its effects on the soul are even more disastrous.

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

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

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.

Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will.

Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are saved, will become for us eternal joys. When infirmities, pains, or any adversities afflict us, let us lift up our eyes to heaven and say, "One day all these pains will have an end, and after them I hope to enjoy God forever."

Such is the compassion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.