Meditation on Jesus Christ crucified is a precious balm which sweetens all pains.

Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.

The passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive into its depths. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach the bottom.

Possess purity in an eminent degree, and jealously preserve this fragrant flower. I earnestly desire to see you shine by the brilliancy of this virtue; be like to angels, and omit no precaution to retain this treasure, which is so easily lost by imprudence. We have this treasure in earthen vessels, says the Apostle.

I would believe myself damned if I robbed God of one atom of His glory. I would believe myself more wicked than Lucifer if I had anything else in view but God.

Let us throw ourselves into the ocean of His goodness, where every failing will be canceled and anxiety turned into love.

As for me, I cannot understand how it is possible not to be always thinking of God.