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Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!
Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain.
Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.
If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.
Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. Claim only the present, for it holds God's will.
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.
If only I could be hidden in a corner, so as not to be tempted to worry about things that are not really my business.
If you have no earthly consolation, why do you not seek consolation in the Heart of Jesus? To love him is truest joy.
O Priest! Take care lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you: He saved others, himself he cannot save!
Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament has His hands full of graces, and He is ready to bestow them on anyone who asks for them
You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs.
Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do.
How can we thankful? We can only love the Heart of Jesus more generously and by our union with Him, become the most humble.
Never forget that the road to Heaven is the Way of the Cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the Cross as He did.
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.
How truly blessed we shall be if at the price of even very great sacrifices we shall have made God known and loved by one more soul!
Love, yes, love your calling, for this holy and generous love will impart strength to you so as to enable you to surmount all obstacles.
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!
Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize that you know before whom you kneel.
We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our happiness.
Strength of character is certainly needed to face life in the world and to stand by right principles, especially in the age in which we live.
The conflict with Hell cannot be maintained by men, even the most clever. The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan.
How very beautiful and consoling our faith is! For the little work we do here on earth it promises in return all the joys of assured happiness.
Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.
Those who desire only the good pleasure of God abide in peace even in the midst of failure, for God has not told us that He requires success of us.
Jesus, I live for Thee, I labor for Thee, I desire only Thee. Thou in me and I in Thee; Thou with me and I with Thee; Thou all mine and I all Thine.
We are entirely in the care of Divine Providence, and it is very sweet to remain so in peace. The Cross is never lacking; may it be our consolation.
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.
Let us never lose courage or despair of God's mercy. We have only to humble ourselves before God in order to obtain grace to become all that we ought to be.
We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self.
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.
I have made a contract with my body. It has promised to accept harsh treatment from me on earth, and I have promised that it shall receive eternal rest in heaven.
O Jesus, my Divine Saviour, I offer You my mind and heart. Direct their movements while I pray, so that I may offer my prayer in union with Your Immaculate Mother.
The worst defect in the world would be to consider yourself free from faults. Being too greatly saddened by one's faults can come from having one's pride humiliated.
He will never let the trial surpass the strength He gives you, and at the very moment you think yourself overwhelmed by sorrow, He will lift you up and give you peace.
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.
My prayers are just an outpouring of gratitude for the assurance of that most completely desired Will of God, which will seem all the more desirable in all that is ahead.
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.
Really, it is the Lord who carries the cross, for He knows how to make the soul content with little or no consolation and always to find strength in the words..."Thy will be done."
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.
I live now in solitude and am able to use my time reflecting on the past and preparing for death. I cannot put away the thought of the Indians and in my ambition I fly to the Rockies.
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?