Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as does not tend to build up this twofold love of God and our neighbor, does not yet understand them as he ought.

To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.

If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not bid me to do so.