God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.

Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.

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.

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

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.