Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.

Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.

Christ has something in common with all creatures. With the stone he shares existence, with the plants he shares life, with the animals he shares sensation, and with the angels he shares intelligence. Thus all things are transformed in Christ since in the fullness of his nature he embraces some part of every creature.

It maketh God man, and man God; things temporal, eternal; mortal, immortal; it maketh an enemy a friend, a servant a son, vile things glorious, cold hearts fiery, and hard thing liquid.

To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?

Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.

In beautiful things St. Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace Him who is utterly desirable.