Nowhere does Jesus hear our prayers more readily than in the Blessed Sacrament

I have often repented of having spoken. I have never repented of silence.

There is nothing pleasurable except what is in harmony with the utmost depths of our divine nature.

The eternal God asks a favor of his bride: "Hold me close to your heart, close as locket or bracelet fits." No matter whether we walk or stand still, eat or drink, we should at all times wear the golden locket "Jesus" upon our heart.

If your enemies see that you grow courageous, and that you will neither be seduced by flatteries nor disheartened by the pains and trials of your journey, but rather are contented with them, they will grow afraid of you.

In the first day of my youth I tried to find it in the creatures, as I saw others do: but the more I sought, the less I found it, and the nearer I went to it, the further off it was. For of every image that appeared to me, before I had fully tested it, or abandoned myself to peace in it, and inner voice said to me: 'This is not what thou seekest.

Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.