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If I love, there will be no hell for me.
To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.
If you don't have a plan of life, you'll never have order.
An hour of study, for the modern apostle, is an hour of prayer.
Have confidence. Return. Invoke our Lady and you'll be faithful.
Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.
He has much who needs least. Do not create necessities for yourself.
Don't neglect your spiritual reading. - Reading has made many saints.
Don't say, "That person bothers me." Think: "That person sanctifies me".
Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.
We all must have the faith of children, but the doctrine of theologians.
You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.
You go to pray; to become a bonfire, a living flame, giving light and heat.
Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves.
You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep.
If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others?
At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue.
You can be sure you are a man of God if you suffer injustice gladly and in silence.
Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.
Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!
Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.
Either we learn to find the Lord in the ordinary everyday life or else we shall never find him
All the things that are now worrying you can be put into a smile which shows your love of God.
When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.
The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the results.
Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!
Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.
When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph.
For everyone, whatever his state--single, married, widowed, or priest-chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love.
Among us there is no place for the lukewarm. Humble yourself, and Christ will kindle in you again the fire of love.
You strayed from the way and did not return because you were ashamed. It would be more logical if you were ashamed not to return.
If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path.
Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence.
When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.
As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to impurity destroys grace.
That conversation... was as dirty as a sewer! It is not enough for you to take no part in it. You must show your repugnance for it strongly!
Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.
There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work.
You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!' you can be sure you have already begun.
To begin is easy; to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance.
It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.
St. Joseph was an ordinary sort of man on whom God relied to do great things. He did exactly what the Lord wanted him to do, in each and every event that went to make up his life.
God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.
To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thorn bush, and Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond... You - what have you done?
Our Lady listens attentively to what God wants, ponders what she doesn't fully understand and asks about what she doesn't know. Then she gives herself completely to doing the divine will.
All the sins of your life seem to be rising up against you. Don't give up hope! On the contrary, call your holy mother Mary, with the faith and abandonment of a child. She will bring peace to your soul.
Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very often degrade it - leave all that and come with us in search of Love!
Turn to Mary, tota pulchra, all pure and wonderful, and tell her: Our Lady and Mother, the Lord wanted you yourself to look after God and tend him with your own hands. Teach me, teach us all, how to treat your Son!
There is no danger of exaggerating. We an never hope to fathom this inexpressible mystery nor will we ever be able to give sufficient thanks to our Mother for bringing us into such intimacy with the Blessed Trinity.
The heroic minute.- It is the time fixed for getting up.- Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and.-.-.- up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body.