May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.

The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness

We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.

Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.