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.

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.

Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.