If I love, there will be no hell for me.

Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.

Turn to Mary, tota pulchra, all pure and wonderful, and tell her: Our Lady and Mother, the Lord wanted you yourself to look after God and tend him with your own hands. Teach me, teach us all, how to treat your Son!

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

You go to pray; to become a bonfire, a living flame, giving light and heat.

That conversation... was as dirty as a sewer! It is not enough for you to take no part in it. You must show your repugnance for it strongly!

So your strength is failing you? Why don't you tell your mother about it? ... Mother! Call her with a loud voice. She is listening to you; she sees you in danger, perhaps, and she-your holy mother Mary-offers you, along with the grace of her son, the refuge of her arms, the tenderness of her embrace ... and you will find yourself with added strength for the new battle.