He Who Is Devout To The Virgin

Among The Many Signs Of A Lively Faith And Hope We Have In Eternal Life, One Of The Surest Is Not Being Overly Sad At The Death Of Those Whom We Dearly Love In Our Lord.

Teach Us To Give And Not To Count The Cost.

Imagine That Leader Of All The Enemy, In That Great Plain Of Babylon, Sitting On A Sort Of Throne Of Smoking Flame, A Horrible And Terrifying Sight. Watch Him Calling Together Countless Devils, To Despatch Them Into Different Cities Till The Whole World Is Covered, Forgetting No Province Or Locality, No Class Or Single Individual.

The Safest And Most Suitable Form Of Penance Seems To Be That Which Causes Pain In The Flesh But Does Not Penetrate To The Bones, That Is, Which Causes Suffering But Not Sickness.

Few Souls Understand What God Would Effect In Them If They Should Give Themselves Entirely Into His Hands And Allow His Grace To Act.