The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.

Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.

Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now.

Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.