Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.

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Your meditations may be as profound, as exalted, as devout as you like; you may...

Your meditations may be as profound, as exalted, as devout as you like; you may...

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting,...

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting,...

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that...

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that...

Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St....

Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St....

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts,...

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts,...

To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your...

To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your...

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up...

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up...

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours....

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours....

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body...

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body...

Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive...

Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive...

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils,...

Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils,...

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so...

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so...

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the...

You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the...

Like blind hens, we are ignorant of our own self and the depths within us.

Like blind hens, we are ignorant of our own self and the depths within us.

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything...

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything...