A True Servant Of Mary

Let Us Read The Lives Of The Saints; Let Us Consider The Penances Which They Performed, And Blush To Be So Effeminate And So Fearful Of Mortifying Our Flesh.

It Is Just That He Should Act With Reserve Towards Those Who Act With Reserve Towards Him. On The Contrary, He Gives Himself Entirely To Those Souls, Who, Driving From Their Hearts Everything That Is Not God, And Does Not Lead Them To His Love, And Giving Themselves To Him Without Reserve, Truly Say To Him: My God And My All.

The Way To Heaven Is Straight And Narrow: They Who Wish To Arrive At That Place Of Bliss By Walking In The Paths Of Pleasure Shall Be Disappointed; And Therefore Few Reach It, Because Few Are Willing To Use Violence To Themselves In Resisting Temptations.

All Souls In Hell Are There Because They Did Not Pray. All The Saints Sanctified Themselves By Prayer.

Acquire The Habit Of Speaking To God As If You Were Alone With Him, Familiarly And With Confidence And Love, As To The Dearest And Most Loving Of Friends.