If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.

Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.

It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.

Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

Finding God in All Things.