The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.

Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps, are never more acceptable, than when they are offered in broken accents, in sighs, and groans.