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It also happens very quickly and ineffably that God will show within Himself a truth that seems to leave in obscurity all those that are in creatures, and one understands very clearly that God alone is Truth, unable to lie.

Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.

We cannot see Christ and remain as we are. We cannot exchange a look with Christ and not be overcome with a total conversion.

There is no time (Communion) when I have less consolation-yet this is not to be wondered at, since it is not for my own satisfaction that I desire to receive Our Lord but solely to give Him pleasure.

We have always seen that those who were closest to Christ our Lord were those with the greatest trials. Let us look at what His glorious Mother suffered as well as the glorious apostles.

Speak to the Most Holy Virgin heart to heart. When you feel lonely, gaze at her and you will see her smiling and saying to you, "Your mother never leaves you alone."

If God is in us, and if God is love, it is inevitable that we be brothers; because love of our neighbor is the measure of our love for God.

Every step in our life ought to tend to bring us closer to God and to bring our neighbor at least a little bit of happiness.

Feed not your spirit on anything but God. Cast off concern about things, and bear peace and recollection in your heart.

Let us live with God as with a friend, let us make our faith a living faith in order to be in communion with Him through everything, for that is what makes saints.

Here there is no more to do than surrender our intellects and reflect that they are of no avail when it comes to understanding the grandeurs of God.

Lay all your cares about the future trustingly in God's hands, and let yourself be guided by the Lord just like a little child...