I would rather him to bear patiently with it than to put himself in danger of a greater evil.

Far from being a bad thing to seek advice, you must, on the contrary, do so when the matter is of any importance, or when we cannot come to a clear decision on our own.

We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our Lord how our meekness should always be accompanied by humility and grace so as to attract hearts to Him and not cause anyone to turn away from Him.

Always be quite simple and sincere and ask God to grant me those two virtues.

The angels would become incarnate if they could, so that they might come to earth to imitate the example and virtues of the Son of God!

You must moderate yourself according to your strength. When you have done all that you can to see that no Christian is perverted, you must find your consolation in Our Lord, who could prevent this misfortune and who is not doing so.

God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.