In order to attract us, the Lord grants us many graces that we believe can easily obtain Heaven for us. We do not know, however, that in order to grow, we need hard bread: the cross, humiliation, trials and denials.

Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.

Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly.

In books we seek God; in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart.

Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.

Jesus who cannot suffer long to keep you in affliction will come to relieve and comfort you by infusing fresh courage into your soul.

In order to attract us, the Lord grants us many graces that we believe can easily obtain Heaven for us. We do not know, however, that in order to grow, we need hard bread: the cross, humiliation, trials and denials.