At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined.

The great thing is to become Saints.

He who always acts under obedience may be assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God.

During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us, and then strive to train our heart to bear and forgive these things patiently, in imitation of our Saviour. This is the way to acquire a strong spirit.

Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity.

The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.

The cross is the gift God gives to his friends.