If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe but yourself
God the Father gathered all the waters together and called them the seas. He gathered all His grace together and called it Mary
Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife
Remember this and never forget it: even if it should seem at times that everything is collapsing, nothing is collapsing at all, because God doesn’t lose battles
Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God
Without the burden of afflictions, it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
With the sign of the Cross, I shall more certainly break through the ranks of the enemy than if armed with shield and sword
