The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate.

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.

Jesus wants to make us holy at all costs. . .He offers you continual proof of this.

On this earth everyone has his cross. But we must act in such a way that we be not the bad, but good thief.

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You. . .

I want to be only a poor friar who prays - if God sees blemishes even in the angels, can you imagine what He sees in me!

Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.