The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of trial and in the exaltation after the combat.

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.

Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue.

In all the events of life, you must recognize the Divine will. Adore and bless it, especially in the things which are the hardest for you.

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrificing, and with extreme effort.

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