Peace is the integrity and health of the soul. Losing your peace means losing your spiritual health. » Saint John of...
Souls that love God and the truth don’t suffer even the slightest reduction in their passionate love for the Lord....
When faith wanes, the heart becomes uneasy, weak, like a straw blown in the wind, lifeless. Don’t pay any attention...
Knowledge, sensation, understanding, contemplation, insight and every movement of the intellect, everything in all things, should be directed towards God....
The most striking proof that the devil’s at work in the world is the fact that people hardly recognize, if...
To fall under the sway of your passions and abandon yourself to them is the ultimate slavery, because it’s the...
We have to pray for the departed. The poor people are awaiting trial, and if you give them an orange...
Since the matter of salvation is the most important in our lives, this is precisely why it’s also the most...
You have to get your mind used to swimming in the Law of the Lord, under Whose guidance you’ll regulate...
211When you were praying and you received divine enlightenment, you felt joy and ineffable sweetness. Immediately, a robber – the...
Nobility is the preservation of the properties of the image of God and the equivalence with the archetype. This is...
Uncharitable people are unhappy because their heart has never felt the joy of doing good works and or giving alms. They...
Don’t express them in words. Let them quieten down within you and they’ll soon disappear. We’re human, and often enough...
Don’t worry if you don’t find Grace in your prayer. It’ll come back. This is why it withdraws: so that...
Prayer without repentance is of no help at all. But as soon as prayer is connected to repentance, then it’s...
It’s a great thing to experience the truth. And you know, the truth isn’t an idea or a philosophy. Truth...
Temptations in their various forms sadden people, so that they seek divine assistance all the more, and with tears. This...
The times and years of the world are pleasant, but vanish like smoke. They’re like a fleeting dream and our days...
You can’t concentrate your mind at the time of prayer. What can you do? The Lord sees that your weakness...
It seems very difficult to become good, but in fact it’s easy, provided you have good experiences when you’re little....
