The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.

The glory of God is humankind fully alive.

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.

He who is not getting better is getting worse.

Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.

He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.

God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy with him forever. God's purpose in creating us is to draw forth from us a response of love and service here on earth, so that we may attain our goal of everlasting happiness with him in heaven.