See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. . . Oh, beautiful life! Oh, beautiful death!

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

The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.

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

When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant.

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

Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.