Spirituality and Community Life

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...

Mary “is a full moon for the sinners [those]; who she shines on in the night of sin, so that they do not fall into...

“Oh Virgin and Mother of God, I offer myself as your son, and in the honour and glory of your purity I consecrate to...

“The world was converted by the preaching of the crucified Jesus and by the frequent reception of Holy Communion. The...

If you saw your father being beaten and stabbed, wouldn’t you run to defend him? Wouldn't it be a crime for you to...

I surrender all as a son and priest of Mary. She will be my Mother, Teacher and Director and everything I do and...

“The Heart of Mary was not only a living member of Jesus Christ by faith and charity, but also the origin and source...

“A farm without cultivation produces nothing either for the owner or farmer. Religion without worship serves nothing,...

[In the Jesuit novitiate] “I had something to learn from everyone, and in truth I learned it, with the help of God's...

“In the province of Tarragona I was loved by nearly all the people, but there were a few who wished me dead. The...

“At the beginning of my stay in Vic I was undergoing an experience not unlike what goes on in a blacksmith's shop. The...

"The most productive means I have used has been adult instruction. It has helped me rescue adults from an ignorance...

“The Lord has freed me from death. In this square there were five blockades, one in each entrance to a street....... I...

Seeing the great lack of evangelical and apostolic preachers in our Spanish territories, the people’s great desire to...

“The ministry of the Word--at once the most exalted and invincible of all ministries because it has overcome the world...