Spirituality and Community Life

*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...

“Mary was at the centre of all the graces and beauties that God had distributed to the angels and saints and all...

“Jesus rode upon a donkey when He entered Jerusalem in triumph. I, too, gladly offer myself to Jesus to make use of me...

“Seeing the willingness of the people, the hunger for the divine word, etc, I can’t restrain myself: therefore all day...

“Since God decided to become man, he fixed his sight on Mary and from then on he arranged all the necessary...

“They have owed me since September and you since April of this year. I am sorry to put the complaint to Her Majesty,...

“Do not aspire to the dignities and ecclesiastical benefices, yes God does not call you to them, like Aaron; and if...

“Jesus Christ ( ... ) to the gloomy inventions of the genius of error has opposed the sun of the Catholic faith, the...

“We must love the Blessed Virgin Mary because God wants it. To love is to want good for the beloved, it is to do good...

*190. - “Demos gracias a Dios: ya el Señor y su Santísima Madre se han dignado aceptar las primicias de los mártires....

“Let us give thanks to God: already the Lord and his Blessed Mother have very kindly accepted the first fruits of the...

On reaching the Gulf of Damas, (travelling to Cuba) I began conducting a mission on deck. Everyone on board attended...

“…my honourable Prelate D. Luciano Casadevall called me aside and gave me the letter of your Excellency and the...

“When they came to get my regular clothing they also took the Bible I had brought. I asked for it and was told, “Very...

“Quite content, I undertook the journey to Barcelona.... Shortly before my arrival at Barcelona, a hurricane came up,...

“I also had good parents who cooperated with my teacher in moulding my understanding in truth and nurturing my heart...