Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive at the time, can receive spiritually... even a hundred times a day, in sickness and in health, with immeasurable grace and profit.

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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...

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as...

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as...

In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially,...

In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially,...

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....

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial...

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial...

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....

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

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

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,...

Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless;...

Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless;...

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...