That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.

Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence

Teach by works more than words.

It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them.

His Majesty knows best what is suitable for us. There's no need for us to be advising Him about what He should give us, for He can rightly tell us that we don't know what we're asking for (cf. Mt. 20:22). The whole aim of any person who is beginning prayer ? and don't forget this, because it's very important ? should be that he work and prepare himself with determination and every possible effort to bring his will into conformity with God's will.