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This is the reason for prayer my daughters, the purpose of this spiritual marriage: the birth always of good works, good works.

I have written, God does not allow us to drink of this water of perfect contemplation whenever we like: the choice is not ours; this Divine union is something quite supernatural, given that it may cleanse the soul and leave it pure and free from the mud and misery in which it has been plunged because of its sins.

Let's seek Him by means of the Sacraments.  Our Lord has left us the Sacraments so that we can unite ourselves more to His Divine Person.  Let's go to Communion as often as possible so that we can love Him more and more.  Whoever draws near to the fire will become warmer.

Faith in the secret history of souls ought to fortify us when what we see externally (in ourselves and in others) takes away our courage.

Through every sincere prayer something happens in the church, and it is the church itself that is praying therein, for it is the Holy Spirit living in the church that intercedes for every individual soul "with sighs too deep for words." This is exactly what "authentic" prayer is, for "no one can say 'Jesus is Lord' except by the Holy Spirit." What could the prayer of the church be, if not great lovers giving themselves to God who is love!

Faith tells us of things we have never seen, and cannot come to know by our natural senses.

We are miserable and fall at every step.  We are children who don't even know how to talk.  Why doesn't Jesus become angry with our falls that are caused by our ignorance and our weakness?  Never allow discouragement to enter your heart.

When aglow with love, the soul ponders within itself God’s immensity, His faithfulness, the proofs of love He has shown us, His benefits to us ... the humble soul will never put God high enough nor itself low enough. But this is the wonderful thing: its powerlessness will be turned into wisdom, and the defeat of its humility — for never will it be sufficiently humble in its own eyes — will become the greatest source of sweetness in its life.

How happy I am to see myself imperfect and be in need of God's mercy.

Once an individual is drawn into God's orbit, withdrawing into his own interior and surrendering himself to Him in loving union, he has forever resolved the problem. It suffices that he allow himself to be directed and guided by the Spirit of God- who henceforth moves him noticeably - because he has always and everywhere the certainty of acting rightly.

In my opinion we shall never completely know ourselves if we don't strive to know God. By gazing at His grandeur, we get in touch with our own lowliness; by looking at His purity, we shall see our own filth; by pondering His humility, we shall see how far we are from being humble.

Under the old law, the altar of sacrifice was to be hollow within. It is the will of God that the soul should be empty of all created things, and thus become a fitting altar for the King of heaven.