For everyone, whatever his state – single, married, widowed, or priest-chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love.
Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.
Don’t judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence.
The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you’ll be amazed at the results.
Is it not true that your gloominess and bad temper are due to your lack of determination in breaking the subtle snares laid by your own disordered desires? The daily examination of conscience is an indispensible help if we are to follow our Lord with sincerity of heart and integrity of life.
Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.
Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.
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.
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!
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 those who use their intelligence and their study as a weapon, the Rosary is most effective. Because that apparently monotonous way of beseeching Our Lady as children do their Mother, can destroy every seed of vainglory and pride.
You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.
Don’t neglect your spiritual reading. – Reading has made many saints.
When we were little, we kept close to our mother in a dark alley or if dogs barked at us. Now, when we feel temptations of the flesh, we should run to the side of our Mother in Heaven, by realizing how she is to us, and by means of aspirations. She will defend us and lead us to the light.
All the things that are now worrying you can be put into a smile which shows your love of God.
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.
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.
He has much who needs least. Do not create necessities for yourself.
Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves.
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.