Many, However, Gives Themselves To God, But

When We See A Beautiful Object, A Beautiful Garden, Or A Beautiful Flower, Let Us Think That There We Behold A Ray Of The Infinite Beauty Of God, Who Has Given Existence To That Object.

Before The Coming Of Jesus Christ, Men Fled Away From God And, Being Attached To The Earth, Refused To Unite Themselves To Their Creator. But The Loving God Has Drawn Them To Himself By The Bonds Of Love, As He Promised By The Prophet Osee [hosea]: "i Will Draw Them With The Cords Of Adam, With The Bonds Of Love" (11:4). These Bonds Are The Benefits, The Lights, The Calls To His Love, The Promises Of Paradise Which He Makes To Us, But Above All, The Gift Which He Has Bestowed Upon Us Of Jesus Christ In The Sacrifice Of The Cross And In The Sacrament Of The Altar.

What Grieves Me Most In My Past Offenses, O My Loving God, Is Not So Much The Punishment I Have Deserved, As The Displeasure I Have Given You, Who Are Worthy Of Infinite Love.

Ask Those Who Love Him With A Sincere Love, And They Will Tell You That They Find No Greater Or Prompter Relief Amid The Troubles Of Their Life Than In Loving Conversation With Their Divine Friend.

Mary Obtains Salvation For All Who Have Recourse To Her. Oh! If All Sinners Had Recourse To Mary, Who Would Ever Be Lost? ... He Who Is Protected By Her Will Be Saved; He Who Is Not Will Be Lost.