Merit is a work for the sake of which Christ gives rewards. But no such work is to be found, for Christ gives by promise. Just as if a prince should say to me, "Come to me in my castle, and I will give you a hundred florins." I do a work, certainly, in going to the castle, but the gift is not given me as the reward of my work in going, but because the prince promised it to me.

Marriage is a civic matter. It is really not, together with all its circumstances, the business of the church.

Dearest Jesus, holy child, make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, within my heart, that it may be a quiet chamber kept for thee.

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the way of the Sacramentarians, nor sat in the seat of the Zwinglians, nor followed the Council of the Zurichers.

Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.

Faith is a living, daring, confidence in God's grace.