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The Savior hangs before you with a pierced heart. He has spilled his heart's blood to win your heart. If you want to follow him in holy purity, your heart must be free of every earthly desire. Jesus, the Crucified, is to be the only object of your longings, your wishes, your thoughts.

...ask Him to give us strength of soul to dig until we find this hidden treasure, which lies buried within our hearts, as I wish to show you if it please God to enable me. I said 'strength of soul,' that you might understand that strength of body is not indispensable when our Lord God chooses to withhold it. He makes it impossible for no one to gain these riches, but is content that each should do his best. Blessed be so just a God!

I know that God makes use of me as an instrument and that neither by reason of my talents nor because of my services was I called to fill this position that I now occupy. To the blindest of men I am a striking proof of what faith can do, and nothing worthwhile that I have done in my life has come from me.

St. Augustine says we have two cities within us, the city of God and the city of Me. To the extent that the first increases, the second will be destroyed.

In the light of eternity, God is making me understand many things and I come to tell you, as from Him, not to fear sacrifice and struggle, but rather to rejoice in it. If your nature provides you with ... a battleground, do not be discouraged ... love your wretchedness, for it is upon that that God exercises His mercy!

God...never tires of waiting for some people, enlightening them only little by little, so I was careful not to rush things.

Suffering makes us good; it makes us indulgent towards others, because suffering brings us nearer to the good Lord.

...we will not reach perfection in the love of neighbor if that love doesn't rise from love of God as its root.

I have found favor with this sovereign Virgin in everything I have asked of her, and in the end she has drawn me to herself.

The Lord desires so intensely that we love Him and seek His company, so much so that from time to time He calls us to draw near Him. And His voice is so sweet...They come through words spoken by other good people, or through sermons, or through what is read in good books, or through the many things that are heard and by which God calls.

All of this darkness signifies the obscurity of faith with which the divinity is clothed while communicating itself to the soul.

His Majesty is not accustomed to paying poorly for His lodging if the hospitality is good.