It fills me with joy to realize that I can lay down my life daily for God, that I can sacrifice it willingly for Him. I may not be a martyr for the faith, but I can be a martyr of charity.

There are no difficulties except for those who worry too much about tomorrow.

Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. Claim only the present, for it holds God's will.

O Jesus, my Divine Saviour, I offer You my mind and heart. Direct their movements while I pray, so that I may offer my prayer in union with Your Immaculate Mother.

If we love Jesus, we shall be loved in return by Him, and that is perfect happiness.

What interests you most is our present condition: it is what we would have desired, thorny and difficult, but it is made easier by the unction of grace and alleviated by an all-kind Providence whose help is never withdrawn and whose protection is felt at every moment.

Let us bear our cross and leave it to God to determine the length and the weight.