“The Lord breathes the breath of life, contrition of heart, into the face of the soul when he impresses upon it his own image and likeness, which has been soiled by sin, and renews it.”

Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day’s problems.

The breadth of charity widens the narrow heart of the sinner.

Christ acts like a loving mother. To induce us to follow Him, He gives us Himself as an example and promises us a reward in His kingdom.

The wisdom of God is reflected in the face of the soul: she will see God as he is, and she will know as she is known.

Draw us forth from the mire, Lord Jesus, with the hook of your Cross; so that we may run, not to your sweetness, but to the bitterness of your Passion.

The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying.

The life of the body is the soul, the life of the soul is Christ.

Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith dies.

The Lord breathes the breath of life, contrition of heart, into the face of the soul when he impresses upon it his own image and likeness, which has been soiled by sin, and renews it.

He who lives in eternity dwells in the heart of the humble and in the soul of the penitent!

Do you want to have God always in your mind? Be just as he made you to be. Do not go seeking another “you”.

The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this?

Nothing so humbles the proud sinner as the humility of Jesus Christ’s humanity.

He prays best who does not know that he is praying.

Of what value is learning that does not turn to love?

The religious soul finds in the heart of Jesus a secure refuge.

You cannot cheat success! Gotta work for it! You gotta breathe it! Sleep it! Eat it!

When you want this thing as bad as you want to breathe! That’s when you find a way!

You have to want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe!

Take a deep breath, relax and imagine yourself exactly as you wish to be.

When the need to succeed is as bad as the need to breathe, then you’ll be successful.

Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.

I need a little room to breathe cause I am one step closer to the edge. And I’m about to break.

Place your attention 6 inches above your crown. God is breathing in and out there.