The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.

Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.

You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.

When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary - a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt.

If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.

When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.

We ought to run after crosses as the miser runs after money. . . Nothing but crosses will reassure us at the Day of Judgment When that day shall come, we shall be happy in our misfortunes, proud of our humiliations, and rich in our sacrifices!