Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.

Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.

We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.

O abyss! O eternal Godhead! O deep sea! What more could you have given me than the gift of your very self?

You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.

He has never left you.It is justthat your soul is so vastthat just likethe earth in its innocence,it may think,"I do not feel my lover's warmthagainst my face rightnow."But look, dear,is not the sun reaching down its armsand always holding a continentin its light?God cannot leave us.It is just that our soul is so vast,we do not always feel His lipsupon theveil.

And let the truth be your delight...Proclaim it..., but with a certain congeniality.