The sacred gift of prayer is in the right hand of our Savior, and according to the measure that you empty yourself of yourself, that is of love of your senses and of your own will, and make progress in rooting yourself in holy humility, to that extent the Lord will speak to your heart.

In order to console a soul in it's sufferings, point out to it all the good it can still do.

We must know how to confide. There is the fear of God and the fear of a Judas. Too much fear makes one labour without love, and too much confidence prevents from considering the danger which we must overcome.

Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls.

Why fly like a hen when you can soar like an eagle?

Ahead! Courage! In the spiritual life he who does not advance goes backward. It happens as with a boat which always must go ahead. If it stands still the wind will blow it back.

May the Child Jesus be the star that guides you through the desert of your present life.