'The whole world is asleep, and God so full of goodness, so great, so worthy of all praise ... no one is thinking of Him! See...

'Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence.  The Holy Spirit, on the other h...

  'Do not think that, because the particular virtues  you have in mind don't shine in your neighbor,  he will not be preciou...

'O Lord, I run to the spring; I desire the source of the water.  In You is the fountain of life, an inexhaustible source;...

'Let us not be turned from prayer because of dearth of feeling,  or even because the mind is weighed down by discouragement  ...

"O ever-present God within me.... How seldom do I remember that at any time, in any place, I can find You, commune with You, by s...

'After completing your prayer, go back over it for a moment  and out of the considerations you have made, gather a little devot...

'Too late have I loved You, O beauty so ancient and so new!  Too late have I loved You. And behold, You were within me and I was...

'Ordinarily, most Christians simply snip at their defects, without uprooting them.' St. Francis de Sales  Painting:  ...

'Vain complacency, the desire to be seen, to be the main topic of conversation, to be praised and told we are doing well and p...

'Do not fear that the duties imposed upon us by obedience, though numerous and heavy, will distract us from our union with God.  ...

'I have promised with God's grace not to begin any action without remembering that He is witness of it.'   St. Clau...

'Never utter in your neighbours' absence what you would not say in their presence.' St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi ...

'If you should happen to do or say  something that is not well received  by everyone, do not for this reason stop  to reflect on an...

'You must live like  warm wax to be  molded by God, having no desire,  wish, or hope other than  the will of God... You are  ...

'Don't desire  not to be what you are,  but desire to be   very well what you are.' St. Francis de Sales Pa...

'Since your pregnancy prevents you from making your usual long mental prayer, make your prayer short and fervent. Make up for the l...

'Saying the Divine Office is one of the most  excellent actions in which we can be engaged,  for we thus celebrate the divine pr...

'If you do not  worship God,  you worship something,  and nine times  out of ten  it will be  yourself.' Archbi...