To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

The love for our enemies takes us along the way of the cross and into fellowship with the Crucified. The more we are driven along this road, the more certain is the victory of love over the enemy's hatred. For then it is not the disciple's own love, but the love of Jesus Christ alone, who for the sake of his enemies went to the cross and prayed for them as he hung there.

My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.

God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.

How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?

Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words.