My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady.

Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.

We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor.

We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybodys prayers.