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If only we knew Him we should love Him in the same way in this world, and although not so constantly and so perfectly as in heaven, yet very differently from what we do now.

The Saint used to say that in calamitous. troublesome, grave, ad humanly speaking desperate matters, the only remedy was patience, silence, resignation, and prayer.

Nothing goes well for me this year. But God is merciful when He burdens us with crosses.

God knows what is best for all, and orders affairs for our good. Think on this only, that all is ordained by God.

I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the kingdom of heaven and the name of the river was Suffering. And I saw the boat which carries souls across that river, and the name of that boat was Love.

No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.

This is the first and principal benefit caused by this arid and dark night of contemplation: the knowledge of oneself and of one’s misery.

Let yourself be seen by all as you really are. Just as we are in the sight of God, so let us be in the sight of all.

Once after receiving Communion I was given understanding of how the Father receives within our soul the most holy Body of Christ, and of how I know and have seen that these divine Persons are present, and of how pleasing to the Father this offering of His Son is.

I long to behold the light of his gaze.
Oh! What splendor must shine in his eyes!
In contemplating this Only Begotten of the Father
I will have the Three and I will have all of Heaven!
He will make his light shine in my soul,
He will purify me in divine flames.

O my adored Word
Luminous Beauty,
Look upon me!

The sorrow which casts us down is the hurt to our self-love...To brood gloomily over our own imperfections paralyzes our soul.

Now let us talk about the detachment we ought to have, for detachment, if it is practiced with perfection, includes everything. I say it includes everything because if we embrace the Creator and care not at all for the whole of creation, His Majesty will infuse the virtues. Doing little by little what we can, we will have hardly anything else to fight against; it is the Lord who in our defense takes up the battle against the demons and against the world.