Make Sickness Itself A Prayer.

What Son Would Not Bring His Mother Back To Life And Would Not Bring Her Into Paradise After Her Death If He Could?

The State Of Marriage Is One That Requires More Virtue And Constancy Than Any Other; It Is A Perpetual Exercise In Mortification.

Go In All Simplicity; Do Not Be Anxious To Win A Quiet Mind, And It Will Be All The Quieter. Do Not Examine So Closely Into The Progress Of Your Soul. Do Not Crave Too Much To Be Perfect, But Let Your Spiritual Life Beformed By Your Duties, And By The Actions Which Are Called Forth By Circumstances.

When You Have Received Him, Stir Up Your Heart To Do Him Homage; Speak To Him About Your Spiritual Life, Gazing Upon Him In Your Soul Where He Is Present For Your Happiness; Welcome Him As Warmly As Possible, And Behave Outwardly In Such A Way That Your Actions May Give Proof To All Of His Presence.

Those Who Love To Be Feared Fear To Be Loved, And They Themselves Are More Afraid Than Anyone, For Whereas Other Men Fear Only Them, They Fear Everyone.