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Our Need for Purgatory / It is no easy matter to be the friend of Jesus Christ. Saint John of Avila
How to Face the Storms in Life / God will lead you safely through all things. Saint Francis de Sales
The Peace Jesus Gives / God has ordained an exact balance between what we have to do and the necessary strength to do it. Don Augustine Guillerand, O. Carthusian
Come to Call Sinners / You must not be discouraged if Our Lord lets you see a little of your misery. From a letter by Blessed Columba Marmion
The Source of Jesus’ Authority / Even God can not fill what is already full. Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Drinking the Cup of Christ / Sometimes the Lord gives us a small part of His pain on the Cross. Mother Elvira Petrozzi
Pressed Down and Shaken Together / Find out every single thing that hinders God’s dwelling within you. Father John Tauler, O. P.
Silence after Communion / “Let him who has no sin cast the first stone.” Father Richard Veras
A Method for Turning the Other Cheek / When you can not rid yourself of pin-pricking vexations, repeat this prayer interiorly. Father Jean-Pierre De Caussade, S.J.
Taking Up Our Cross / Without crosses in our life we cannot expect to attain to an eminent degree of holiness. Father Jean-Nicolas Grou, S.J.
The Joy of Angels / The sin of the Angels was not accepting the future prospect of the Incarnation of the Word. Cardinal Jean Danielou
Living the New Commandment / I must always reflect when I see the faults of others, how weak I am myself. Lucie Christine, 1908
The Storm and Our Faith / Jesus wants to teach His disciples to bear life’s adversities courageously.
Pope Benedict Emeritus XVI
Invocation 12 - Heart of Jesus, Most Worthy of All Praise
Jesus loved us more than words could express, and He desired to give us a picture of His love.
Invocation 11 - Part IV, How a Soul Arrives at True Detachment from self
Love for Jesus is the motive and driving force of all you do
Invocation 11 - Part III, Effects of Obedience
They died to self, and rose for God
Invocation 11 - Part II, Unity in the Spiritual Life
Many love God and serve Him, but not according to His Will, but according to their own
Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted / The Lord taught His disciples the way of life which makes one truly happy. The Values of the Kingdom of God are quite different from and even contrary to the values of the world.
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven / The Lord taught His disciples the way of life which makes one truly happy. The Values of the Kingdom of God are quite different from and even contrary to the values of the world.
Invocation 11 - Heart of Jesus, Abyss of all Virtues / One thing is necessary - Love God and glorify Him by spending yourself for your neighbor's sanctification