Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.

Our Lady listens attentively to what God wants, ponders what she doesn't fully understand and asks about what she doesn't know. Then she gives herself completely to doing the divine will.

You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.

For everyone, whatever his state--single, married, widowed, or priest-chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love.

You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!' you can be sure you have already begun.

Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.

Many Christians take their time and have leisure enough in their social life (no hurry here). They are leisurely, too, in their professionally activities, at table and recreation (no hurry here either). But isn't it strange how those same Christians find themselves in such a rush and want to hurry the priest, in their anxiety to shorten the time devoted to the most holy sacrifice of the altar?