A True Servant Of Mary

The Way To Heaven Is Straight And Narrow: They Who Wish To Arrive At That Place Of Bliss By Walking In The Paths Of Pleasure Shall Be Disappointed; And Therefore Few Reach It, Because Few Are Willing To Use Violence To Themselves In Resisting Temptations.

The Heart Of Man Is, So To Speak, The Paradise Of God.

The Principal Means Of Acquiring An Ardent Love Of Christ Are Mental Prayer, Communion, Mortification, Retirement.

St. Francis Borgia Says That He Who Desires To Consecrate Himself To God Must, In The First Place, Trample Under His Feet All Regard For What Others Will Say Of Him. O My God, Why Do We Not Ask What Jesus Christ Or His Holy Mother Will Think Of Our Conduct?

If You Wish To Strengthen Your Confidence In God Still More, Often Recall The Loving Way In Which He Has Acted Toward You, And How Mercifully He Has Tried To Bring You Out Of Your Sinful Life, To Break Your Attachment To The Things Of Earth And Draw You To His Love.