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.