There are some of us who think to ourselves, 'If I had only been there! How quick I would have been to help the Baby. I would have washed His linen. How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in the manger!' Why don't we do it now? We have Christ in our neighbor.

‎What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and work flow.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

If anyone could have gained heaven as a monk, then I would indeed have been among them.

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity

When questioned whether the Blessed will not be saddened by seeing their nearest and dearest tortured answers, "Not in the least."

Your God is altogether too human.