Spirituality and Community Life

*212.- “On September 24, the Lord gave me an understanding of another passage in the Apocalypse (10:1): "Then I saw...

*229. - "Jesus Christ was placed in a new tomb hewn out of rock. He taught us how he wants us to place him, through...

*219.- “Before eating I will say, ‘Lord, I eat so as to have strength and to serve you better’. Before going to bed,...

*209. - “A dog is more loyal than a son, more obedient than a servant, and more docile than a child. Not only does he...

*199.- “When I was a little boy I was given a pair of rosary beads, and I was more pleased with them than with the...

*189.- “I have such love for priests who dedicate themselves to missions that I would give my blood and my life, I...

*179.- “It would be good to take advantage of the occasion to do missions, now that the Lord has granted these...

*169.- “In these days I find myself so persecuted, I think that everything comes from God and he wants this gift from...

*159.- “To the degrading drunkenness of the pleasures of the flesh and the blood have been opposed to the delicious...

*336.- “You will thank Mary if you manage to receive the holy Eucharist with dignity and frequently, having Jesus...

*139.- “When an institute or convent does not have spirit, it is dead; it will not listen to voices or dispositions,...

*129.- “We should have the heart of a mother in dealing with our neighbour. What makes a mother tender towards her...

*119.- “Fifteen days after our arrival we went to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity at El Cobre, four leagues...

*109.- “You not only have to have patience in bearing your defects but also your bodily sufferings and aridity of...

*99.- “To love those who favour, serve and console us is easy and requires no virtue; but to love, serve and...

*363.- “Now that you call God, Father, and he is, behave like a good son; be afraid to give him the smallest...

*1.- “So that you progress more quickly in your devotion and also to satisfy your wishes, I tell you that we should...

*69.- “He who ardently desires the salvation of his brothers and sisters will never lack words to counsel them,...

*59.- “I have always recommended the Blessed Virgin to all the Christian faithful; but she loved in a special way the...

*49.- “It is not sufficient that he who usually goes to communion has the necessary dispositions; it is, besides,...

*39.- “Charity urges and impels me; it makes me run from town to town shouting, "Sinner, my son, look where you're...

*29.- “In difficult times , keep your peace of mind. The just person lives by faith and God tests those who love him....

*79.- “I tell myself: A Son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a man on fire with love, who spreads its flames...

*19.- “I am of the same mind as I told you the night we left Prades to go to Rome. I cannot be useful to you nor you...

“In all of life's disagreeable, sad, and humiliating events, I always remind myself that they come from God's hand,...

“Seeing that the Lord, out of sheer good will and no merit on my part, was calling me to stem the torrent of...

When I started preaching missions, in 1840, we were in the midst of a civil war between the royalists and the...

“Exaggeration, insults, slander and anonymity are weapons that form the arsenal of weakness and are the ribbons that...

“I will have for God, the heart of a son and a wife; for myself, the heart of a judge; and for my neighbour, the heart...

On August 26, 1861, at 7:00 in the evening while I was at prayer in the church of The Rosary at La Granja, the Lord...

I also established a convent of nuns dedicated to teaching girls, and I bought them a house that cost me about 12,000...

“Frequent the holy sacraments, deprive yourself of something as your gift, pray the holy Rosary to Mary every day with...

Vich, August 23, 1865. Because I was unable to decide whether to return to court or not, I discussed it with the...