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 gaimmcan Saints, 
 
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 faaaartj. 
 
 i. 
 
 H H Y, O man ! pursue a multitude 
 of transitory goods ? Love the 
 universal Goodness, source of all good, 
 and it suffices. — St, Thomas Aquinas — 
 O'pusc . 61, ch . ii, 
 
 a. 
 
 Life is short, bestrewn with diffi- 
 culties and crosses ; profit by them at 
 
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 every moment. “ The night cometh 
 when no man can work.” — Ven. Louis 
 of Grenada — Guide . « — 
 
 iii. 
 
 Prayer is the only nourishment 
 which gives joy and strength to the 
 soul. — Life of St. Catherine of Siena . 
 
 XV . 
 
 A soul filled with charity has no 
 room for vanity. — St. Vincent Ferrer 
 —On Purity of the Heart. 
 
 V ♦ 
 
 How many regrets, how many sighs, 
 how many tears are oftentimes the 
 
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 price of one thoughtless word 1 — Yen. 
 Julienne Morel. 
 
 XX ♦ 
 
 Rely on the faith vouchsafed thee 
 from heaven, after the example of 
 the Magi, who, when the star appeared, 
 disregarded all the arguments and 
 subtleties suggested to them by the 
 prudence of the flesh. — Yen. Louis of 
 Grenada — Treatise on the Life of Jesus 
 Christ . 
 
 XXX. 
 
 That heart is indifferent which is 
 not consoled and filled with secret joy 
 at the thought that such or such an 
 event took place according to the 
 pleasure of the Divine Will. — B. Bar- 
 tholomew of Martyrs — Comjp. eh. mi. 
 
 7 
 
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 ciii. 
 
 God is the Father and Lord of all. 
 Is it not proper for the servant to re- 
 spect his Master, to serve and obey 
 Him with all possible fidelity ? — St. 
 Catherine of Siena — On Perfection. 
 
 XX. 
 
 If love be true it must labor ; where 
 labor is refused, there is no true love. 
 — St. Thomas Aquinas — Op use. 61, 
 art. 3. 
 
 X. 
 
 Among other virtues, strive to ac- 
 quire meekness. Be affable to every 
 one, knowing that by mildness thou 
 shalt conquer every enemy. — St. Vin- 
 cent Ferrer. — 
 
 8 
 
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 xi. 
 
 He who has Jesus possesses a pre- 
 cious treasure. Let him endeavor to 
 guard it with care. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Dialogues . 
 
 XXX . 
 
 It is not charity, but rather great 
 cruelty, that prevents us from remind- 
 ing a brother of his faults . — Saint 
 Antoninus — Letter 20. 
 
 xiii* 
 
 There is no great merit in hum- 
 bling oneself when in a lowly posi- 
 tion; but self-humiliation in an exalted 
 station is a virtue as noteworthy as it 
 is rare. — Ven. Louis of Grenada — 
 Christian Doctrine . 
 
 9 
 
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 xtv. 
 
 Whoever wishes to do good, and 
 edify others by his words, must, 
 above all things, possess in himself 
 the virtues he w r ould inculcate. — St. 
 Vincent Ferrer — Treatise on the Spirit- 
 ual Life. 
 
 XV . 
 
 Be in no hurry to say what you 
 think, nor to show your learning; 
 speak little, and never answer without 
 reflection. — St. Thomas Aquinas — 
 Opusc. 68. 
 
 xvi. 
 
 Short is the road, light the fatigue, 
 but eternal the rest to which each day 
 
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 10 
 
He who is not attacked cannot fight, 
 and without combat one cannot gain 
 the palm which is the prize of the 
 victor. — Ven. John Tauter — Inst it., 
 ch t xix. 
 
 xvxxx. 
 
 The name of Jesus is an impregna- 
 ble rampart. There is no pearl or 
 ornament that can be compared to the 
 Name of Jesus. We sound the harp’s 
 sweet harmonies when we pronounce 
 the Name of Jesus! — B. Hmry Suso — 
 Spiritual Letters . 
 
 11 
 
The soul cannot give herself entirely 
 to God without the aid of prayer. 
 — Life of St. Catherine of Siena. 
 
 Soldiers of Jesus Christ, be invin- 
 cible like the martyrs, and remember 
 that a man without courage must al- 
 ways be without glory. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Spiritual Letters . 
 
 XXX . 
 
 Considerable advantage always re- 
 sults to the virtuous from the war 
 waged by vice to force them into evil. 
 — Yen. John Tauter — Instit., ch . xix. 
 
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 xxxx. 
 
 The sheaf, when filled with grain, 
 may be shaken but not broken by the 
 wind, for it is supported by its own 
 weight ; thus the heart where Jesus 
 Christ dwells may be assailed but not 
 cast down by the winds of temptation. 
 — B. Jourdain de Saxe — Letter 21. 
 
 xxxxx. 
 
 If you wish to raise a lofty edifice of 
 perfection, take humility for your 
 foundation. — St. Thomas Aquinas — 
 Sermon x. 
 
 XXXV . 
 
 I desire you to regulate your life ac- 
 cording to the necessities of your feeble 
 
 13 
 

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 health ; hut I also exhort you to hu- 
 mility of heart, confidence in God, and 
 silence. — B. Henry Suso — Spiritual 
 Letter s. — 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Our passions are cruel and ferocious 
 beasts ; but once conquered and 
 brought into subjection, they become 
 very useful servants. — Ven. Louis of 
 Grenada — G uide. 
 
 xxvx. 
 
 Affliction, from what side soever it 
 comes, may be profitable to him who, 
 receiving it, as it were, from God, re- 
 fers it to Him and surmounts it by His 
 aid. — B. Henry Suso — Spiritual Letters. 
 
 14 
 
XX XXX. 
 
 A troubled and earnest prayer is 
 more agreeable to God than one made 
 with sweetness and tranquillity. — B. 
 Henry Suso — Spiritual Discourse , 34. 
 
 xxvxxx. 
 
 The highest position, the most noble 
 profession, is that of a man who instils 
 the truth in his fellow-men, and who, 
 by elevating them, brings them nearer 
 to God. — St. Thomas Aquinas. 
 
 XXXX ♦ 
 
 Always appear mild and affable, 
 without being too familiar with any 
 one : familiarity being generally fol- 
 lowed by contempt. — St. Thomas 
 Aquinas — Opusc. 68. 
 
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 *x*. 
 
 The heart where charity reigns seeks 
 not its own interest or pleasure, but 
 the pleasure and interest of God. — 
 Ven. Louis of Genada — Memorial. 
 
 xxxi. 
 
 Let us abandon everything with en- 
 tire confidence to the merciful Provi- 
 dence of God. — B. Albert the Great — 
 Be Adh. Deo , ch. xiii. 
 
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 | HE cross is the only ladder to 
 Paradise ; without the Cross 
 the ascent to heaven is altogether 
 impossible. — St. Bose of Lima . 
 
 ii. 
 
 Of all creatures, the highest, the 
 purest, the most beautiful, the most 
 loving, the most Divine, is Mary !— B. 
 Henry Suso — Soliloquy . 
 
 XXX. 
 
 O brilliant Light, Divine Word, 
 
 17 
 

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 admirable Wisdom, spotless Lamb, 
 humility itself, how cruelly hast Thou 
 been torn by those hungry wolves, those 
 famished tigers ! — B. Henry Suso — 
 Booh of Wisdom , ch. xxi. 
 
 i v. 
 
 Thou shalt be a great monarch if 
 thou canst command thy tongue. — Ven. 
 Louis of Grenada — Christian Doctrine , 
 ch. ix. 
 
 V . 
 
 The soul should never tire of any 
 combat, nor abandon any exercise of 
 piety or prayer, even though she 
 should only remain before the cross 
 repeating Jesus ! Jesus ! — St. Catherine 
 of Siena — Christian Doctrine. 
 
 18 
 

 vi. 
 
 It ordinarily happens that God per- 
 mits those who judge others to fall 
 into the same, or even greater faults. — 
 St. Vincent Ferrer — Spiritual Treatise. 
 
 VXX. 
 
 Love others much, but visit them 
 seldom. — St. Catherine of Siena — Let- 
 ter 183. 
 
 XXXX ♦ 
 
 Humility is the shortest, straightest, 
 surest road by which to arrive, without 
 difficulty, at the love of God and the 
 perfection of every virtue. — Ven. John 
 Tauler — Instit . , ch. x. 
 
 19 
 
^ thought from Ijominican jiaiatis. 
 
 ix. 
 
 When others fail or do what is 
 wrong before thee, compromise not 
 thyself with them, nor occupy thyself 
 with their faults. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Treatise on the Union of the Soul with 
 God , , 2. 
 
 X . 
 
 Prayer is a pasturage, a field, where- 
 in all the virtues find their nourish- 
 ment, growth, and strength . — Life of 
 St. Catherine of Siena. 
 
 xi. 
 
 Penance is a means, not the end of 
 the soul; be careful not to measure 
 perfection by penitential works : virtue 
 
 20 
 

 and merit lie in charity. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Dialogue 11. 
 
 xii. 
 
 Shun the world, for it will deceive 
 thee : for happiness it will give thee 
 disappointment ; for honor, shame ; 
 fraud for fidelity, misery for riches, 
 and eternal death for everlasting life. 
 — B. Henry Suso — Spiritual Discourse. 
 
 x i i i • 
 
 No one has more consolation than 
 he who shares the Saviour’s Cross. Di- 
 vine sweetness flows in abundant 
 streams for the soul that drains the 
 chalice of bitterness. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Book of Wisdom , ch. Hi. 
 
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 xtv. 
 
 Open thine ears to the voices of 
 Nature and thou shalt hear them in 
 concert inviting thee to the love of 
 God. — Yen . Louis of Grenada — Guide . 
 
 XV. 
 
 Let meekness and peace appear on 
 thy countenance, modesty and humil- 
 ity in all thy exterior ; never give way 
 to any excess of joy or extreme of 
 sadness. — Yen. John Tauler — Instit ., 
 ch . xi. 
 
 XVX ♦ 
 
 Man acquires virtue by the knowl- 
 edge of himself and of the goodness 
 of God. This knowledge, however, 
 
 22 
 

 
 is more perfect in time of temptation. 
 B. Henry Suso — Dialogue 43. 
 
 XVXX. 
 
 Why so busy with thyself ? Leave 
 Providence to act, whose eyes are ever 
 upon thee in the greatest danger, 
 and who will always save thee . — Life 
 of St. Catherine of Siena. 
 
 xvxxx. 
 
 Many works seem full oi charity ; 
 but as the order of discretion is not 
 in them, so God is not in them . — Saint 
 Antoninus — Letter 1 1 . 
 
 XXX • 
 
 Remember that virtue is a very high 
 and rugged mountain, difficult to 
 
 
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 ascend and requiring much sweat and 
 fatigue before we can arrive at the 
 summit to rest. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Spiritual Letters , 2. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Jesus Christ, our great Model, suf- 
 fered much for us ; let us bear our 
 afflictions cheerfully, seeing that 
 through them we have the happiness of 
 resembling Him . — Prayer of B. Henry 
 Suso. 
 
 XXX ♦ 
 
 Humility is a fortified tower. It 
 repels all attacks. The sight of it 
 obliges the enemy to turn and flee. 
 — Ven. Louis of Grenada — Ech . spir. 7 
 ch . x$v. 
 
 24 
 
jj. 
 
 xxii. 
 
 The Church is the pillar and ground 
 of Truth and her infallibility admits of 
 no doubt. — Yen. Louis of Grenada — 
 Christian Doctrine, ch . xi. 
 
 x x i ii * 
 
 In every creature, however small, 
 we may see a striking image of the 
 Divine Wisdom, Power, and-Goodness. 
 — Yen. Bartholomew of Martyrs — 
 Comp., part 2. 
 
 XXXV ♦ 
 
 Increated charity of my God, thou 
 hast taught me that I ought to suffer 
 patiently like the lamb, not only hard 
 words, but unjust persecution, injuries, 
 
 §► 
 
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 lit 
 
 
 
 25 
 
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 -St. Catherine of 
 
 and bad treatment !- 
 Siena — Letter 219. 
 
 XXV* 
 
 Often read spiritual books; then, 
 like a sheep, ruminate the food thou 
 hast taken, by meditation and a de- 
 sire to practise the holy doctrine 
 found therein. — St. Antoninus — Letter 
 14. 
 
 xxvi. 
 
 Scrupulous persons should be con- 
 tent with one good confessor and 
 confide in his light and direction. In 
 the day of judgment the penitent 
 may shield himself by his obedience 
 and submission. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Spiritual Discourse , 4. 
 
 2G 
 
Like the insect which first gnaws 
 the tree where it took life, so envy 
 tortures first the heart in which it is 
 formed. — Ven. Louis of Grenada — 
 Guide. 
 
 xx vixx. 
 
 Happy he who speaks little; for 
 words beget accidents, gloom, and 
 interior trouble. — B . Henry Suso — 
 Treatise on the Union of the Soul with 
 God. 
 
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 faints. 
 
 Patjpft. 
 
 i. 
 
 OOK not to the qualities thou 
 mayst possess which are want- 
 ing to others ; but look to those which 
 others possess and which are wanting 
 to thee, that thou mayst acquire them. 
 — Yen. Louis of Grenada — Christian 
 Doctrine , Book 2, ch. xin. j 
 
 ii. 
 
 Come to my aid, ye elements, ye 
 skies, angels, animals, plants, and 
 flowers. Let us love God, let us love 
 God ! God is love, love is God! — 
 Life of St. Bose of Lima . 
 
Patch. 
 
 m. 
 
 It is good to be. confounded at the 
 thought that we are sinners and un- 
 worthy to speak with God, but we 
 must not for that reason cease to pray. 
 — Ven. Anthony of the Blessed Sacra- 
 ment — Retreat. 
 
 iv. 
 
 The path of virtue is painful to 
 nature when left to itself ; but nature, 
 assisted by grace, finds it easy and 
 agreeable. — Ven. Louis of Grenada , 
 Guide , Boole 1. 
 
 V . 
 
 More abundant than the rivers 
 which watered the terrestrial Paradise 
 
 29 
 

 ^ thought from gamimiatt -faints. 
 
 are the streams of consolation flowing 
 over the earth from the wounds of the 
 Son of Mary. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Soliloquy . 
 
 vi. 
 
 If thou art wise, expect to die every 
 day ; thus thou shall keep thyself al- 
 ways ready, and happy to depart on 
 that great journey. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Boole of Wisdom , ch. xxiv . 
 
 XXX. 
 
 The great Saint Thomas Aquinas 
 drew more knowledge from prayer, 
 ecstacy, and the light of intelligence 
 than from the study of human science. 
 — St. Catherine of Siena— Dialogued. 
 
 80 
 
■Panrft. 
 
 »Hi. 
 
 He who perseveres with constancy 
 and fervor will, without fail, raise 
 himself to a high degree of perfection. 
 B. Henry Suso — Nine Rocks* 2. 
 
 XX . 
 
 The soul that belongs to God knows 
 and values His Presence most when 
 He hides Himself. We know r the sun 
 by his rays when we can no longer 
 see their source. — B . Henry Suso — 
 Book of Wisdom , ch, xiv, 
 
 X • 
 
 Fight beneath the standard of the 
 Cross, and remember that the blood 
 of the martyrs is ever before God, in- 
 
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 31 
 
yoking assistance for thee. — St. 
 Catherine of Siena — Letter 47. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Leave to every one the care of what 
 belongs to him, and disturb not thy- 
 self wdth what is said or done in the 
 world. — St. Thomas Aquinas — Opusc. 
 68 . 
 
 XXX. 
 
 Give, give to thy soul the Blood of 
 Christ, so that, inebriated with cour- 
 age, thou mayst rush to the battle-field. 
 — Life of Saint Catherine of Siena* 
 
 xxxx. 
 
 The soul that loves is filled with 
 the object of its love. For this reason, 
 
 32 
 
if we love what is vile and frail, we 
 become vile and unreliable ourselves. 
 — St, Thomas Aquinas — Charity, ch. 
 
 O love ineffable, O flame, 0 abyss 
 of charity ! The more I contemplate 
 Thee in Thy passion, the more I blush 
 at the misery of my soul, which is 
 ignorant of Thee because it lives in 
 the senses . — Prayer of St . . Catherine 
 of Siena. 
 
 Is it not great cruelty for us Chris- 
 tians, members of the body of the 
 Holy Church, to attack one another ? 
 — St. Catherine of Siena — Letter 56. 
 
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 xiri. 
 
 For the once that others may help 
 us to recollection, they will a thousand 
 times be a cause of dissipation. — Ven. 
 John Tauler — Sermons. 
 
 x v i i . 
 
 Be well convinced of this truth : if 
 God gives thee consolation it is not 
 on account of thy merit, but through 
 His own benignant goodness. — Ven. 
 Anthony of the Blessed Sacrament — 
 Retreat. 
 
 xvixx. 
 
 There is nothing more certain, noth- 
 ing more agreeable, nothing richer 
 than a good conscience. — B. Bartholo- 
 mew of Martyrs — Comp, part 1, ch. mil. 
 
 34 
 

 Partb. 
 
 X ix. 
 
 Let us be careful to meditate often 
 on the bitterness of our Saviour’s Pas- 
 sion; not through routine, languidly 
 and tepidly, but with that fervent love 
 which plunges us into His sorrows. — 
 Ven. John Tauler — Inst it . , ch. xxii. 
 
 XX. 
 
 In mortal sin it would be better to 
 receive legions of devils than once to 
 receive the living and terrible God. — 
 B. Henry Suso — Spiritual Colloquy , 2. 
 
 XXX . 
 
 The world is deceitful and incon- 
 stant. When fortune forsakes us, 
 friendship takes flight. — B . Henry 
 Suso — Spiritual Discourse , 5. , 
 
 
 35 
 
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 xxii 
 
 Let all thy care be to possess thy 
 soul in peace and tranquillity. Let 
 no accident be to thee a cause of ill- 
 humor. — St. Vincent Ferrer — Spirit- 
 ual Treatise. 
 
 Xtfiii 
 
 §j When thy friend is more prosperous 
 §j than thou, give thanks to the Lord 
 J and think thyself unworthy of like 
 | favors, or that such would not be to 
 \ thy benefit. — Ven . Louis of Grenada 
 
 Guide . 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 An air of meekness and a modest 
 i speech are pleasing alike to God and 
 
 man .—Ven. John Tauler — Sermons. 
 
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 avvlt. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 In receiving the Holy Sacrament, 
 the soul is in Jesus Christ and Jesus 
 Christ in the soul, as the fish is in 
 the sea and the sea in the fish. — St. 
 Catherine of Siena — Dialogue 112. 
 
 XXVX • 
 
 O Word of Light! If in the time of 
 Thy Passion I could have taken upon 
 my breast Thy face, so pale, so bloody, 
 and so disfigured, I would have washed 
 it with the tears of my heart. — B. 
 Henry Suso — Book of Wisdom , ch. iv. 
 
 X X V X X . 
 
 The fickle love of men and their 
 
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 useless conversations destroy fervor 
 more quickly than the frost in spring 
 nips the growing bud. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Book of Wisdom , ch. x. 
 
 xxviii, 
 
 Christ was raised by God to the 
 glory of the Resurrection, because 
 charity and obedience had humbled 
 Him to the death of the Cross. — St. 
 Thomas Aquinas — Sum . Theol. 
 
 xxix. 
 
 It is quite easy to speak, to write, 
 and listen to discourses about afflic- 
 tions ; but when they happen to us, 
 we find them difficult to bear. — B. 
 Henry Suso — Spiritual Letters , 3. 
 
 38 
 
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 The heart which does not possess 
 Jesus Christ is like the sheaf without 
 the grain : it is tossed about by temp- 
 tation as the straw is swept away by 
 the wind. — B. Jour dain — Letter 21. 
 
 xxxi. 
 
 A trick of the devil is to torment 
 scrupulous persons more at the holi- 
 est times and on the most solemn 
 festivals. — B. Henry Suso — Spiritual 
 Discourse . 
 
 39 
 
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 ^ itomtgltt from gomitnfaa 
 faints. 
 
 gtpril. 
 
 i. 
 
 receiving some little attention 
 ag| from others, as a drink when 
 thirsty, or such like, we should lovingly 
 consider the goodness of our Lord and 
 Master, whose wonderful solicitude 
 procures us this relief. — B. Bartholo- 
 mew of Martyrs — Comp , , part 2. 
 
 ii. 
 
 It belongs to an humble heart to be 
 docile and to acquiesce readily in 
 the good advice or admonitions it re- 
 ceives. — Ven. Julienne Morel , 
 
 40 
 
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 Go through the whole Scripture 
 and thou shalt find the servants of 
 God, men and women, all walking in 
 the path of suffering. — St. Antoninus 
 — Letter 13. 
 
 XV ♦ 
 
 The servant of God draws spiritual 
 honey from all he hears, sees, or reads, 
 as the bee extracts from every flower 
 the sweets it carries to the hive. — Ven. 
 Louis of Grenada — Christian Doctrine , 
 ch . iv. 
 
 He who walks the path of humility 
 has the short road to heaven : he has 
 
 41 
 
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 wings to bear him to Paradise ; he is 
 in the way of peace and perfect tran- 
 quillity. — B . Henry Suso — Spiritual 
 Discourse , 1. 
 
 vi. 
 
 The devil strives his utmost to 
 trouble the soul and disgust her with 
 prayer, because prayer is her armor 
 of defence against all her enemies. — 
 B. Henry Suso — Dialogue 65. 
 
 vii. 
 
 As the stag it hunted by a pack of 
 hounds, so a man is pursued by the 
 most painful temptation the moment 
 he begins to lead a Christian life. — 
 Ven. John Tauler — Sermons . 
 
 42 
 
gtptil. 
 
 vi ii. 
 
 Vigilance is rendered necessary and 
 indispensable, not only by the dangers 
 that surround us, but by the delicacy, 
 the extreme difficulty of the work we 
 all have to engage in — the work of 
 our salvation. — Ven. Louis of Grenada 
 
 — Guide. 
 
 XX. 
 
 We should take counsel, in all im- 
 portant affairs, with our superiors or 
 confessor, never trusting to our own 
 sense, lest the devil take us unawares. 
 
 — Ven. John Tauter — Inst it., ch. iv. 
 
 X . 
 
 Idleness is hell’s fish-hook for catch- 
 ing souls. — St. Thomas Aquinas. 
 
 
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 thought from Dominican JfoiatjS. 
 
 xt. 
 
 Whoever imagines himself without 
 defect has an excess of pride. God 
 alone is perfect. — St. Antoninus — Letter 
 
 20 . 
 
 xii. 
 
 He who considers all he does as 
 something great, is so blind, that al- 
 though poor, miserable, and wretched, 
 he believes he enjoys an abundance of 
 riches. — Ven. John Tauter , Instit ., ch. 
 in. 
 
 44 
 

 an eternal kingdom. — Ven. Louis of 
 Grenada — Christian Doctrine , ch. xiv. 
 
 XXV • 
 
 Armed with prayer, the Saints sus- 
 tained a glorious warfare and van- 
 quished all their enemies ; by prayer, 
 also, they appeased the wrath of God 
 and obtained from Him all their de- 
 sires. — Ven. Louis of Grenada — Guide , 
 part 2, ch. xxii . 
 
 XV « 
 
 The nature of the world and of its 
 pleasures is to glide away : whilst one 
 believes he is grasping them they slip 
 from his hand like a snake. — B . Henry 
 Suso — Spiritual Letters . 
 
 45 
 

 % thought from gowittiaw £aint#. 
 
 X vt . 
 
 He is truly faithful who, to keep 
 the law of God, despises both flattery 
 and threats ; like Eleazar, who pre- 
 ferred death to the appearance of 
 submission to a tyrant. — B. Albert the 
 Great . 
 
 X vt x . 
 
 The enemy has no power over souls 
 that are sighing with love beneath the 
 Cross. — B. Henry Suso — Booh of Wis- 
 dom , ch . xiv. 
 
 x vixi . 
 
 
 I have never gone out to mingle 
 with the world without losing some- 
 thing of myself. — B. Albert the Great. 
 
® g&S 6&S g&j> Qe 
 
 I&ptf i 1 . 
 
 XtX . 
 
 Let us leave to God and to truth 
 the care of our justification, without 
 trying to excuse ourselves, and peace 
 will truly spring up within us. — Ven. 
 John Tauter — Sermons. 
 
 XX . 
 
 Let us strive to attain the sanctity 
 of Blessed Agnes, and we shall reach 
 it, if we ask it humbly and for the pur- 
 pose of following the Lamb witherso- 
 ever He goeth. — St. Catherine of Siena . 
 
 xxi. 
 
 He who is perfumed with the odor of 
 charity may present himself with joy 
 before the throne of God . — Life of St. 
 Catherine of Siena. 
 
 47 
 
% thought from gominican faints*. 
 
 xxn. 
 
 Thou hast accomplished a good 
 work; this remembrance is in thy 
 mind like leaven which swells thy 
 thoughts: be careful that vainglory 
 corrupt not thy good work. — Ven. 
 Louis of Grenada — Guide , Boole 2. 
 
 xxixx. 
 
 With the love of God we can obtain 
 more than we can by all the exercises 
 and all the austerities of penance. — 
 Ven. John Tauter — Sermons . 
 
 XXXV . 
 
 Were we free to choose between 
 the thorns and flowers along the road 
 leading to glory, it would be neces- 
 
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 sary to choose the thorns . — Life of B. 
 Henry Suso. 
 
 XXV ♦ 
 
 The world is full of inconstancy ; 
 its friendship ceases the moment there 
 is no advantage to be expected from 
 us. — Ven. John Tauter — Sermons. 
 
 xxvi. 
 
 What is more uncertain than life ? 
 Man may be compared to the little 
 bird on which the vulture is swooping 
 down, or to a poor unfortunate being 
 gazing at the landing of the swift 
 barque which is to bear him, forever^ 
 far from his native land. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Booh of Wisdom , 24. 
 
 
 49 
 
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 xxvu. 
 
 Many persons are humbled without 
 being humble ; nevertheless, it is true 
 that humiliation is the road to humil- 
 ity. — Ven. Louis of Grenada. — Chris- 
 tian Doctrine, ch . xiii. 
 
 xxvxxx. 
 
 The cross is a gift so precious, that 
 if thou couldst remain whole years 
 prostrate on the earth, praying for the 
 grace to suffer, thou wouldst not even 
 then be worthy to obtain it. — B. Hen- 
 ry Suso — Boole of Wisdom, ch. xix. ^ 
 
 XXXX ♦ 
 
 Consider Peter, virgin and martyr, 
 who combated error unto death. 
 When expiring, he dipped his finger 
 
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 into the blood of his wound and 
 stooped to write on the ground his 
 profession of faith, thus : Credo in 
 Beum ! “I believe in God!” — St. 
 Catherine of Siena — Dialogue 158. 
 
 XXX . 
 
 It is certain that no flower can bear 
 fruit unless it dies. So a person will 
 commence to bear fruit in Jesus Christ 
 in proportion as he renounces himself, 
 abandons himself, and dies to himself 
 and to all things. — Ven. John Tauler — 
 Instit.y ch. xxii. 
 
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 |3.sllj | words, but in the fervor of de- 
 sire, which raises the soul to God by 
 the knowledge of its own nothingness 
 and the Divine Goodness. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Dialogue 66. 
 
 ii. 
 
 He who hears the prudent and faith- 
 ful servants of Jesus Christ, hears God 
 Himself. — St. Catherine of Siena — 
 Treatise on Perfection , 37 . 
 
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 There is no consolation like his who 
 shares the Saviour’s cross. If the bark 
 is bitter, the fruit is of a delicious 
 flavor. — B. Henry Suso — Booh of Wis- 
 dom, ch. in, 
 
 XV. 
 
 Turn away the eyes of thy body 
 and those of thy mind from seeing 
 others, that thou mayst be able to 
 contemplate thyself. — St. Vincent 
 Ferrer — Spiritual Treatise, 
 
 V 
 
 It is the key of obedience that opens 
 the door of Paradise. Jesus Christ 
 has confided that key to his Vicar, the 
 
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 Pope, Christ on earth, whom all are 
 obliged to obey even unto death. — St. 
 Catherine of Siena — Dialogue 154. 
 
 vi* 
 
 In raising human nature to heaven 
 by His Ascension, Christ has given us 
 the hope of arriving thither ourselves. 
 — St. Thomas Aquinas — Summ. Theol . 
 
 vii* 
 
 As frost in May wilts the flowers 
 commencing to bloom, so the love of 
 creatures destroys fervor and peace of 
 heart. — Ven. John Tauter — Sermons. 
 
 viii* 
 
 Wouldst thou know what thou art ? 
 
 54 
 
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 Thou art that to which thy heart turns 
 the most frequently. — Ven. Bartholo- 
 mew of Martyrs — Comp., part 2, ch. xix. 
 
 XX ♦ 
 
 He speaks most worthily of God 
 who, understanding the richness of 
 his subject, chooses the part of silence. 
 — Ven. John Tauter — Sermons. 
 
 X ♦ 
 
 A beautiful flower is humility, beau- 
 tiful is patience, obedience, meekness, 
 modesty, and every other virtue ; but 
 the most beautiful is charity. — B. 
 Jourdain de Saxe — Letter 33. 
 
 xi. 
 
 The soul cannot remain stationary ; 
 
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 she must advance or recede. As she 
 advances in virtue, she abandons the 
 imperfection of fear; if she arrive not 
 at love, she is retracing her footsteps. 
 — B. Henry Suso — Dialogue 49. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 Being all members of the same 
 body, with the same Head, who is 
 Christ, it is proper that we should 
 have the same joys and sorrows in 
 common. — Yen. Louis of Grenada — 
 Christian Doctrine , ch . xvi. 
 
 xxxx. 
 
 Confession of love is more excellent 
 than confession of sin. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Boole of Wisdom , ch. mm. 
 
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 An idle man is like an uncultivated 
 field covered with thistles and thorns. 
 — Yen. Louis of Grenada — Christian 
 Doctrine , ch. xiii. 
 
 XV . 
 
 Dost thou love pleasure? Raise thy 
 heart, see what sources of delight are 
 found in God, who is Goodness, in- 
 cluding every sweetness and every 
 joy! — Yen. Louis of Grenada — Guide , 
 Booh J 
 
 XVX ♦ 
 
 Learn to be silent sometimes for 
 the edification of others, that thou 
 mayst learn how to speak some- 
 
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 times. — St. Vincent Ferrer — Spiritual 
 Treatise . 
 
 XVXX ♦ 
 
 The heart is a never-empty vase. 
 No sooner is the love of terrestrial 
 things cast out than it is filled with 
 the celestial sweetness of Divine love. 
 — B. Henry Suso — Dialogue 54. 
 
 X VXX X. 
 
 The trials of this life cease to op- 
 press us when we seek them and 
 receive them for the love of God. — 
 Ven. Louis of Grenada — Christian 
 Doctrine, Treatise 7. 
 
 XXX ♦ 
 
 To feed on grass is beneath the loft- 
 
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 iness of the eagle ; thus the purified 
 soul finds only insupportable bitterness 
 in earthly > pleasures. — Yen. John 
 Tauler — Instit ., ch. xii. 
 
 XX ♦ 
 
 The suffering of a soul, praying 
 without the power of uttering a word, 
 sighing, combating and lamenting, 
 gains the victory with God and ob- 
 tains from Him an abundance of 
 grace. — B. Henry Suso — Spiritual 
 Discourse , 4. 
 
 X XX ♦ 
 
 The world around us is, as it were, 
 a book written by the finger of God ; 
 every creature is a word on the page. 
 
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 We should apply ourselves well to un- 
 derstand the signification of the 
 volume. — B. Bartholomew of Martyrs 
 — Comp., part 2, ch. xv. 
 
 xxix< 
 
 The perfect champion is he who 
 establishes complete dominion over 
 his mind by overcoming temptations 
 and the inclination of his nature to 
 sin. — Ven. John Tauter — Inst it . , ch. 
 xix. 
 
 xxxxx . 
 
 See if our adoration, praise, worship, 
 and love be not merited by this eternal 
 Majesty, whom all creatures praise and 
 
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 adore, bending low at His feet.- 
 of St. Bose of Lima. 
 
 XXXV . 
 
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 The more guilty we are the greater 
 must be our confidence in Mary. 
 Therefore, courage, timid soul; let 
 Mary know all thy misery and hasten 
 with joy to the throne of her mercy. 
 — B. Henry Suso — Soliloquy . 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Dominic chose the light of science 
 as a special gift. He took charge of 
 preaching and appeared as an apostle 
 in the world, so zealously did he sow 
 the Divine seed, dissipating all dark- 
 ness and diffusing light everywhere. 
 — St. Catherine of Siena — Dialogue 
 158 . 
 
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 To commence many things and not 
 finish them is no small fault ; we must 
 persevere in whatever we undertake 
 with an upright intention and accord- 
 ing to God’s will. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Treatise on the Union of the Soul with 
 God . x 
 
 xxvxx ♦ 
 
 I would have thought myself very 
 happy could I have secured one drop 
 of the blood from the wound in the 
 Heart of Jesus ! And behold ! by vir- 
 tue of His Sacrament I receive in my 
 mouth, my heart, and my soul, all this 
 precious Blood which the angels 
 adore ! — B. Henry Suso — Book of Wis- 
 dom, ch . xxv. 
 

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 Come, dry thy tears, show content 
 in thy heart and on thy face ; let not 
 God, the angels, nor men see thee 
 weep over thy cross . — Life of B. Henry 
 Suso . 
 
 xxxx. 
 
 Let us take good care lest the devil 
 nourish the roots of presumption un- 
 der the cloak of virtue and charity for 
 our neighbor . — Life of St. Catherine 
 of Siena. 
 
 XXX ♦ 
 
 Whilst here below, our actions can 
 never be entirely free from negligence, 
 frailty or defect; but we must not 
 
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 throw away the wheat because it is 
 mingled with some chaff. — Ven. John 
 Tauter — Instit . , ch. xviii. 
 
 xxxx. 
 
 He who has a director by whom he is 
 implicitly guided will arrive at per- 
 fection sooner and with more ease 
 than he could possibly do by himself, 
 although gifted with extraordinary 
 intelligence and following the most 
 learned books. — St. Vincent Ferrer — 
 Spiritual Treatise . 
 
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 ||HAT a severe condemnation of 
 our delicacy and pusillanimity 
 is the example of so many martyrs, who 
 have conquered and gained the king- 
 dom of heaven by tortures of every 
 kind ! — Vert. Louis of Grenada — 
 Guide, Booh 2, ch. xxii. 
 
 XX ♦ 
 
 Joy and sadness succeed each other 
 by turns here below ; but yet a little 
 while and the hour shall sound when 
 our joy shall be full and can never be 
 
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 taken from us. — B. Jourdain de Saxe 
 — Letter 17. 
 
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 Thou art in illusion and in error truly 
 pitiable, so long as thou art engaged 
 in self-seeking, in self-love and in 
 performing thy actions with reference 
 to self. — Ven . John Tauter — Instit. y 
 ch . Hi. 
 
 iv. 
 
 Forward, then, valiant and indom- 
 itable soldiers ! Arm yourselves with 
 courage and strength. Who can re- 
 fuse to carry the cross in the train of 
 a victorious chief ? — Life of B. Henry 
 Suso. 
 
 66 
 
We should behave towards our 
 enemies as the physician towards the 
 sick man he is trying to cure ; he loves 
 the person while he abhors the 
 disease. — Ven. Louis of Grenada — 
 Christian Doctrine , ch. xv. 
 
 v%. 
 
 Among the virtues, virginity is the 
 only one which imitates and repro- 
 duces, in this world, angelical purity. 
 — Ven. Louis of Grenada — Christian 
 Doctrine, ch. xv. 
 
 vxx. 
 
 One whose heart is embittered can 
 do nothing but contend and contra- 
 
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 diet, finding something to oppose to 
 every remark. — Ven. Julienne Morel . 
 
 via. 
 
 Idleness is hell’s great fish-hook for 
 catching souls . — St. Thomas Aquinas. 
 
 XX. 
 
 No one has a right to mercy who 
 cannot himself show mercy. — Ven. 
 Louis of Grenada — Christian Doctrine , 
 ch. v. 
 
 X. 
 
 Sometimes Our Lord takes away de- 
 votion and sensible sweetness, because 
 the person has lost the remembrance 
 of the benefits he has received. — Ven. 
 John Tauler — Instit.. ch. mi. 
 
 68 
 

 XI. 
 
 We should reflect on all our actions, 
 exterior and interior, and before we 
 commence, examine well if we are 
 able to finish them. — Ven. John Tauler 
 — Sermons . 
 
 x ii • 
 
 Inconstancy produces forgetfulness 
 of God, of truth, and of all virtue, 
 and sometimes leads us so far astray 
 that we no longer know what we 
 ought to do. — Ven. John Tauler — 
 Sermons. 
 
 xiii* 
 
 Whenever Nature works for the 
 gratification of the senses, there is only 
 weariness, trouble, sorrow, and men- 
 
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 tal darkness. — B. Henry Suso — Trea- 
 tise on the Union of the Soul with God . 
 
 XXV . 
 
 The pupil in the eye of the soul is 
 faith ; if self-love cover it with a veil, 
 it can no longer see. The eye is still 
 in the soul, but not the light of which 
 she has deprived it. — St. Catherine of 
 Siena — Dialogue 45. 
 
 XV ♦ 
 
 As clouds obscure the sun, so bad 
 thoughts darken and destroy tl\e 
 brightness of the soul. — Ven. Louis of 
 Grenada — Ech. Spir ., eh. xxvii. 
 
 xvx. 
 
 Take this to heart : Owe no man 
 
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 anything. So shalt thou secure 
 peaceful sleep, an easy conscience, a 
 life without inquietude, and a death 
 without alarm. — Yen. Louis of Gren- 
 ada— Guide. 
 
 xvx i. 
 
 What distinguishes the elect from 
 the reprobate is, that the latter rise 
 not when they fall ; but the former, 
 on the contrary, recover themselves 
 and with sighs endeavor to return to 
 God. — B. Henry Suso — Spiritual Let- 
 ters , 2. 
 
 x v i i i . 
 
 Consent to suffer a slight temporary 
 pain that so thou mayst avoid the 
 eternal pains which sin merits. — St. 
 Catherine of Siena — Letter 215. 
 
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 xtx. 
 
 Say not, it is for love of the poor 
 that thou heapest up treasure; for 
 thou knowest that the widow of the 
 Gospel purchased Heaven with two 
 little pieces of money. — Ven. Louis of 
 Grenada — Christian Doctrine , ch. xvi. 
 
 XX. 
 
 To acquire purity of soul, it is nec- 
 essary to guard against passing judg- 
 ment on our neighbor, or useless 
 remarks on his conduct . — Life of St. 
 Catherine of Siena. 
 
 XXX . 
 
 Preserve purity of conscience wdth 
 care, and never do anything to sully 
 
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 it or render it less agreeable to God. — 
 St, Thomas Aquinas — Opusc, 68. 
 
 xxxx ♦ 
 
 Give not thyself too much to any 
 one ; he who gives himself too freely 
 is generally the least acceptable. — B. 
 Henry Suso — Treatise on the Union of 
 the Soul with God, 
 
 xxxxx. 
 
 Happiness cannot last long ; when 
 intense, it necessitates a speedy 
 change, for here below we are not ad- 
 mitted into the Holy of Holies. — Ven, 
 John Tauler — Sermons, 
 
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 end. — St. Antoninus — Letter 14. 
 
 XX V . 
 
 If, when thou couldst have revenged 
 thyself, thou hast not done it, thou 
 shalt be more agreeable to God than 
 if thou hadst offered Him thousands 
 of weights of gold. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Spiritual Discourse . 
 
 xxvl. 
 
 If thou hast buried thy treasures on 
 earth, hope not to find anything in 
 heaven, whither thou hast sent noth- 
 ing by the hands of the poor. — Yen. 
 Louis of Grenada — Christian Doctrine, 
 ch . xv. 
 
 74 
 

 xxtut. 
 
 In time of temptation, continue the 
 good thou hadst begun before the 
 temptation. — St. Vincent Ferrer — 
 Spiritual Treatise . 
 
 xxvxxx. 
 
 If the wind shakes the chaff from 
 the grain, it is because it is not firmly 
 attached ; hence, Our Lord, wishing 
 us to be firmly attached to Him, has 
 united us to Him by the indestructible 
 cement of His love. — B. Jourdain de 
 Saxe — Letter 17. 
 
 XXXX • 
 
 To die in a cause so just as that of 
 the Church, is the most precious of 
 
 75 
 
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 all the graces which the mercy of God 
 deigns to grant us in this life . — Life of 
 St. Catherine of Siena. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 Always remember thy sins and the 
 graces thou hast received, that thou 
 mayst nourish in thy soul the source 
 of true piety and be grateful. — St. 
 Catherine of Siena — Letter 50. 
 
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 j E must be careful not to omit 
 our prayers, confession, com- 
 munion, and other exercises of piety, 
 even when we find no consolation in 
 them. — St. Vincent Ferrer — Spiritual 
 Treatise. 
 
 XX. 
 
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 O Mary, what is my joy when medi- 
 tating on thy tender charity ! How I 
 find myself reanimated, fortified, and 
 filled with hope ! — B. Henry Suso — 
 Soliloquy. 
 
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Correction should be given calmly 
 and with discernment, at seasonable 
 times, according to the dictates of 
 reason, and not the impulse of anger. 
 — Ven. Louis of Grenada — Christian 
 Doctrine , ch. m. 
 
 iv. 
 
 If we consider the number and ex- 
 cellence of the virtues practised by 
 the Saints, we must feel the littleness 
 and imperfection of our actions. — St. 
 Vincent Ferrer — Spiritual Life , ch. xiv. 
 
 
 Temptations to despair, blasphemy, 
 and interior shame give the merit and 
 
 78 
 
prerogative of martyr to those who re- 
 sist them. — B. Henry Suso — Spiritual 
 Discourse , 24. 
 
 vx. 
 
 Should we fall a thousand times in 
 a day, a thousand times we must rise 
 again, always animated with un- 
 bounded confidence in the infinite 
 goodness of God. — Ven. Louis of Gren- 
 ada — Memorial , Treatise 4. 
 
 vii* 
 
 What then, my heart ? Thou art so 
 small that a kite might devour thee 
 at a meal, and yet the universe cannot 
 suffice for thee ! Cast thy care upon 
 the Lord ; He alone can satisfy thy 
 desires. — B. Bartholomew of Ma/rtyrs 
 — Comp., part 2, ch . xxv. 
 
 79 
 
thought from Damiaian faints. 
 
 viii. 
 
 As the little bird hides from the 
 hawk, so God hides from the soul that 
 is attached to the world. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Booh of Wisdom , ch. xxvi. 
 
 9 
 
 XX. 
 
 Contemplate the triumph of the 
 martyrs who shed their blood for 
 Divine love. Soldiers of Jesus Christ, 
 be valiant as they were, remembering 
 that a man without courage is always 
 a man without glory. — B. Henry Suso 
 — Spiritual Letters. 
 
 X . 
 
 The safest way to bring up children 
 is to let them see nothing in their 
 
 80 
 
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 He who despises the vicar of Jesus 
 Christ, despises the blood of Jesus 
 Christ ; he who is against the one, is 
 against the other, for they are united. 
 — St. Catherine of Siena — Letter 53. 
 
 XXX ♦ 
 
 Be assured that one great means to 
 find favor when we appear before God 
 is to have pardoned the injuries 
 we received here below. — Yen. Louis 
 of Grenada — Christian Doctrine , ch. v. 
 
 81 
 
xxxx ♦ 
 
 There is nothing more unreasonable 
 than to estimate our worth by the 
 opinion of others ; to-day they laud 
 us to the skies, to-morrow they will 
 cover us with ignominy. — Ven. Louis 
 of Grenada — Christian Doctrine , ch. ii. 
 
 XXV . 
 
 Many seek the enjoyment of intelli- 
 gence, few are simple and pious at 
 heart ; the former desire knowledge, 
 the latter unite themselves to God and 
 lose themselves in Him. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Treatise on the Union of the Soul 
 with God , 2. 
 
 XV ♦ 
 
 If we possess riches without having 
 any irregular affection for them, and 
 
 82 
 
iMia. 
 
 use them only for what is necessary, we 
 do not lose poverty of spirit . — Saint 
 Thomas Aquinas. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 The more a mirror is polished the 
 better will it reflect the light ; the 
 purer a soul is, the better will it 
 show forth the rays and brightness of 
 Divine love. — Ven. Louis of Grenada 
 — Memorial , Treatise 4. 
 
 x x x i « 
 
 True riches consist not in gold or 
 precious stones, but in the virtues 
 that accompany a good conscience. 
 — Ven. Louis of Grenada — Guide. 
 
 XX XXX. 
 
 Take for thy counsellor an humble 
 
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 person with a .pure, upright conscience, 
 rather than a proud scholar who has 
 studied much.— B. Henry Suso — Di- 
 alogue 85. 
 
 xix. 
 
 In difficult and doubtful affairs, be- 
 take thyself to God, and immediately 
 everything will become clear and easy. 
 — B. Henry Suso. 
 
 XX ♦ 
 
 The way of perfection, like the road 
 to Paradise, is narrow ; we cannot go 
 along at our ease ; we must be re- 
 solved to suffer something, and to 
 deprive ourselves of little conven- 
 iences. — Ven. Anthony of the Blessed 
 Sacrament — Retreat. 
 
 84 
 
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 xxi. 
 
 He who enters not into his own 
 heart, at least once in the day, lives 
 not the life of a true Christian. — Ven. 
 John Tauler — Sermons . 
 
 xxxx. 
 
 In regard to God, the heart of man 
 is a very narrow dwelling ; He fills it 
 completely. To wish to make room 
 for another is to expel Him. — St. 
 Thomas Aquinas — On Christian Doc- 
 trine , Book iv. 
 
 xx'xxx. 
 
 Ho not suppose that censure can be 
 excused because it is prefaced by 
 praise. — Ven . Louis qf Grenada — 
 Guide , Book 2, ch . xi. 
 
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 Show thyself kind and affable, 
 never familiar ; familiarity is gen- 
 erally followed by contempt. — St. 
 Thomas Aquinas — Opusc. 68. 
 
 XXV . 
 
 Words often deceive, but deeds 
 show the reality of love. — St. Cather- 
 ine of Siena — Letter 224. 
 
 X X V X . 
 
 Leave to every one the care oi his 
 own affairs, and disturb not thyself 
 with what is said or done in the world. 
 — St. Thomas Aquinas — Opusc. 68. 
 
 xxvix. 
 
 Prefer the will of another to thy, 
 
 86 
 
own, provided the other’s be good, 
 even though thine would seem to thee 
 the more perfect. — St. Vincent Ferrer 
 — Spiritual Treatise. 
 
 xxvxxx. 
 
 The two gates for the entrance of 
 sin are the heart and the tongue. — 
 Ven. Louis of Grenada. — Christian 
 Doctrine , Treatise 7. 
 
 XXXX ♦ 
 
 Hope is the anchor of our soul ; 
 where is the fool so daring as to em-. 
 bark without it on the sea of this life, 
 where he must encounter furious 
 winds and threatening storms ? — Ven. 
 Louis of Grenada — Guide , Boole 1. 
 
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 XXX. 
 
 The humble man is affable, meek, 
 of few words ; he is true and sincere 
 in his answers ; he is modest and 
 simple in his dress and deportment ; 
 he is always ready without pretence 
 to assist his neighbor. — Ven. John 
 Tauter — Inst it . , ch . x. 
 
 XXXX ♦ 
 
 No, never vainglory ; but the true 
 glory and honor of God ! — Life of St. 
 Catherine of Siena. 
 
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 n NCREATED Charity of my 
 God ! thou hast taught me to 
 suffer, as patiently as a lamb, injuries, 
 bad treatment, and unjust persecution. 
 — St. Catherine of Siena — Letter 219. 
 
 i x ♦ 
 
 Prudence is a torch in the dark, 
 a guide for the wandering, and sight 
 for the blind. — Yen. Louis of Grenada 
 — Ech. Spir. f ch. xxvi. 
 
 Hi. 
 
 Rest assured that the safest pledge 
 
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 of favor with the Sovereign Judge is 
 the pardon thou hast granted to others 
 for love of Him. — Ven. Louis of 
 Grenada — Christian Doctrine, ch. v. 
 
 XV ♦ 
 
 In the book of holy charity I have 
 studied and learned more than in any 
 other ; in that volume we may learn 
 all things. — Words of St. Dominic. 
 
 V ♦ 
 
 O Mary, dearest to God in the uni- 
 verse! Thy beauty is incomparable, 
 and all that is most ravishing in crea- 
 tures disappears before thee, as the 
 glow-worm’s light is quenched by the 
 dazzling sun. — B. Henry Suso — Solil- 
 oquy. , 
 
 90 
 

 Vt. 
 
 As the visible sun forms its image 
 in a highly polished mirror, so the 
 Divine sun is beautifully reflected 
 in a pure soul. — B. Bartholomew of 
 Martyrs — Comp . , part 2. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 As the ivy finds from the tree to 
 which it clings the strength to climb, 
 so the soul, tending to God with all 
 her powers, finds in Him all her 
 strength and support. — Yen . Louis of 
 Grenada — Guide. 
 
 xxxx. 
 
 After success we are apt to relax 
 our vigilance and fervor ; but do 
 
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 thou, after a victory, rest on thy arms 
 as one awaiting the clarion sound that 
 calls to renewed conflict. — Ven. Louis 
 of Grenada — Guide . 
 
 XX. 
 
 O blindness of man ! taking little 
 for great, and great for little ; from 
 being the master, thou becomest a 
 slave to the vilest tyrant. Sin is 
 nothingness and thou returnest to 
 nothingness ; leaving life, thou giv- 
 est thyself death. — St. Catherine of 
 Siena — Dialogue 36. 
 
 X. 
 
 Contemplate my servant and martyr, 
 Laurence. He seems to be, not on 
 the fire, but on soft and fragrant flow- 
 ers. The contemptible fire which 
 
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 attacked his body is extinguished by 
 the glowing flames of Divine charity. 
 — St. Catherine of Siena — Dialogue 
 
 41. 
 
 XX. 
 
 It is not enough for us to forbid our 
 own tongue to murmur ; we must al- 
 so refuse to listen to murmur ers, — 
 Ven. Louis of Grenada — Christian 
 Doctrine , Treatise 7. 
 
 xii. 
 
 Water naturally descends from the 
 mountain into the valley: so Divine 
 grace flows naturally into the hum- 
 ble soul. — Ven. Louis of Grenada — 
 Christian Doctrine , Treatise 7. 
 
 \ 
 
 
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 xm. 
 
 We should not try to go on after 
 our own fashion, but along the way 
 traced out by God, the way of suf- 
 fering, and avoiding sin, even to 
 death. — St. Catherine of Siena — 
 Letter 211. 
 
 XXV . 
 
 There is nothing richer, nothing 
 surer, nothing more agreeable than a 
 good conscience. — B. Bartholomew of 
 Martyrs , Comp part 1. 
 
 XV . 
 
 The soul that desires to enjoy inti- 
 mate union with God must be 
 adorned with the blooming rose of 
 charity, the fragrant violet of pro- 
 
gutgttst. 
 
 found humility, and the fair lily of 
 spotless purity. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Booh of Wisdom . 
 
 XXX. 
 
 Let him who would be useful to 
 others and edify them by his words 
 take care to possess in himself what he 
 wishes to teach ; otherwise he will 
 not gain much. — St. Vincent Ferrer — 
 Spiritual Treatise. 
 
 X XXX . 
 
 Serpents have no poison for them- 
 selves or their fellow-serpents. Man 
 poisons his own soul by sin, and be- 
 comes poison for his neighbor by bad 
 example and wicked counsel. — Ven. 
 Anthony of the Blessed Sacrament — 
 Retreat. 
 
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 xvm. 
 
 Is it not folly to leave your goods 
 where you can never return, and to 
 send nothing to that place where you 
 must remain forever? — Yen. Louis of 
 Grenada — Christian Doctrine , Boole 2. 
 
 XXX . 
 
 Nature provides all animals with 
 some means of defence. Thou alone, 
 O man ! comest into the world naked 
 and unarmed ; so true it is that thou 
 art born for peace and concord ! — 
 Yen, Louis of Grenada — Guide . 
 
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 mouth, bridle thy tongue, subjugate 
 thy heart, bear all provocation with 
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 chosen from a thousand. Count it 
 one of the greatest blessings of this 
 life, if thou hast found one, such as 
 God desires. — Ven. Anthony of the 
 Blessed Sacrament — Betreat. 
 
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 testimony of a good conscience, but 
 on the judgment of men. — B. Bartholo- 
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 earnestly inviting thee to love the 
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 Guide , Boole 1, ch. Hi, 
 
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 dom, Power, and Goodness, may be 
 found in every creature, however small. 
 — B. Bartholomew of Martyrs — Comp ., 
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 and appear only when truth, not van- 
 ity, may require it. — B. Henry Suso 
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 spiritual consolations, surpassing all the 
 joys of earth, which he sheds on the 
 soul that is dear to Him. — St. Antoni - 
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 demn any one but ourselves ; then our 
 cross will commence to bloom and 
 bear fruit. — Ven. John Tauler — Ser- 
 mons. \ 
 
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 harmonies as are produced in the af- 
 flicted heart by the holy name of 
 Mary. Let all nations kneel to rever- 
 ence this holy, this sublime name of 
 Mary. — B. Henry Suso — Soliloquy . 
 
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 soul with the light of Faith, to root 
 up the thorns which might choke the 
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 No person has more consolation 
 than he who shares the cross of Jesus. 
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 fruit is of a delicious flavor. — B. Henry 
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 XV. 
 
 Reflect on the perfection of the lives 
 of the Saints, on the excellence of their 
 virtues, and thou shalt blush at the 
 imperfection and languor of thy life 
 and works. — St. Vincent Ferrer — 
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 shut thy mouth and chain thy tongue. 
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 He who would be a disciple of Jesus 
 Christ must live in sufferings ; for, 
 
 4 4 The servant is not greater than the 
 Master.” (St. John xiii.) — Yen. John 
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 Creatures cannot trouble the truly 
 humble man ; he abases himself to such 
 an extent that nothing can reach him. 
 — B. Bartholomew of Martyrs — Comp., 
 part 1. 
 
 XXX . 
 
 When the sky is free from clouds, 
 we can see more clearly the brightness 
 of the sun ; in like manner when the 
 soul is free from sin and the gloom of 
 passion, it participates in the Divine 
 light. — Yen. Louis of Grenada. 
 
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 The cross is a bed whereon the soul 
 finds repose, or a table at which, in 
 peace and calm, she tastes the nourish- 
 ment and fruit of patience. — St. Cath- 
 erine of Siena — Letters. 
 
 xxxxx. 
 
 No devoted mother would more 
 promptly snatch from the devouring 
 flames the son she had borne in her 
 womb, than God hastens to assist a 
 penitent soul. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Spiritual Discourse , 4. 
 
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 O Queen of heaven and earth! the 
 universe would perish before thou 
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 prayer, more frequently than at other 
 times ; his object is to make us weary 
 of prayer. — B. Henry Suso — Dialogue 
 65 . 
 
 x x v i ♦ 
 
 God sometimes withdraws from the 
 soul all His sweetness and consolation 
 without depriving it of grace. — St. 
 Catherine of Siena. 
 
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 where thou shalt abide forever ? — Ven. 
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 Boole 2. 
 
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 The servants of God judge well of 
 everything, because they lean on 
 Him who is the Supreme Good ; the 
 wicked, on the contrary, see evil in 
 all, because their principle is evil. — 
 B. Henry Suso — Dialogue 93. 
 
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 not because they really have such, but 
 to signify the promptness of then- 
 obedience to the Divine will. — Si. 
 Antoninus — Letter 11. 
 
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 ii. 
 
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 main with me ! Abandon me not whilst 
 I live in this valley of tears ! — Life of 
 B. Henry Suso. 
 
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 sign of predestination. — Ven. Alain de 
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 aside, what is gold ? what is silver ? 
 A little yellow or white dust that owes 
 its value to the foolish ideas or prej- 
 udices of men. — Ven. Louis of Gren- 
 ada — Guide. 
 
 V . 
 
 Jesus Christ, the Master of humility, 
 reveals only to the humble the truth 
 He hides from the proud. — St. Vincent 
 Ferrer — Treatise on Silence. 
 
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 all we can for the Church of Christ ; 
 she is our mother in the Faith. — Prayer 
 of St. Catherine of Siena . 
 
 viii. 
 
 To renounce, for the love of God, 
 such trifles as castles, lands, gold, and 
 silver, is nothing ; what we must do, 
 is to renounce ourselves, exteriorly 
 and interiorly, spiritually and corporal- 
 ly. — Ven. John Tauter — Sermons. 
 
 ix. 
 
 The martyrs were not differently con- 
 
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 kneaded from the same slime, they 
 were sustained by the same God, they 
 expected the same glory ; but they 
 knew how to will! — Ven. Louis of 
 Grenada — Guide . 
 
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 It was a penitent to whom the 
 cross was not an old trophy hung on 
 the wall, but a sacred object of daily 
 imitation. — St. Thomas Aquinas. 
 
 xi. 
 
 The love of God is a source of de- 
 light, but the avenues leading to it are 
 steep and rocky ; to arrive at and re- 
 main in this love we must be continu- 
 ally at war with self. — Ven. Louis of 
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 neither the world, nor thy friends, nor 
 happiness, nor adversity, nor things 
 present, nor things to come, nor thy 
 neighbor, nor thyself. — B. Henry Suso 
 — Spiritual Discourse , 4. 
 
 X X X X . 
 
 Virtue traverses a steep and rugged 
 road. If not supported at every mo- 
 ment she will assuredly succumb. — 
 Ven. Louis of Grenada — Guide. 
 
 X XV . 
 
 Docility and easy acquiescence with 
 good advice are the signs of an hum- 
 ble heart. — Ven. Julienne Morel. 
 
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 Saint Teresa suffered eighteen years 
 from dryness of spirit. That was the 
 work of God, who thus treats great 
 souls in order to make their virtue 
 take deeper root. — Ven. Anthony of 
 the Blessed Sacrament . 
 
 X vx . 
 
 The perfect athlete is he who, sur- 
 mounting his sinful inclinations and 
 temptations, exercises a perfect control 
 over his mind. — Ven. John Tauler — 
 Instil ., ch . xix. 
 
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 makes us lose time, and with time 
 
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 xvxxx. 
 
 Thou hast performed a good action ; 
 this remembrance remains in thy mind 
 like leaven to raise thy thoughts ; take 
 care that vainglory spoil not thy work. 
 — Ven. Louis of Grenada — Guide. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 We should apply ourselves with 
 true and holy zeal to understand our 
 nothingness, and acknowledge that all 
 we have we hold from God. — St. 
 Catherine of Siena — Letter 213. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Strange argument of the sinner : 
 
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 God is good, therefore I can be still 
 more wicked ! It seems to me that 
 common sense would join with the 
 spirit of God in the reverse; viz., 
 God is good, therefore He merits un- 
 dying love. — Ven. Louis of Grenada 
 — Guide, Booh 1, ch. xxviii. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 The path of pleasure is not that of 
 Jesus crucified ; the Saints have not 
 followed it, and the kingdom of 
 heaven is not to be bought or sold by 
 pleasure. — St. Catherine of Siena — 
 Letter 101. 
 
 xxii. 
 
 Would we love God ? In Jesus 
 Christ we find His infinite perfections. 
 Would we love humanity ? Jesus 
 
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 Christ has its inexpressible purity. — 
 Prayer of St. Catherine of Siena, 
 
 xxxxx. 
 
 We should grieve to see no account 
 made of time, which is so precious ; to 
 see it employed so badly, so uselessly, 
 for it can never be recalled. — B. 
 Henry Suso — Spiritual Discourse , 5. 
 
 XXXV . 
 
 There are three kinds of love : the 
 first two are deceitful, the third alone 
 is true. The first is inspired solely 
 by profit ; the -second by pleasure ; 
 but the third makes us love our neigh- 
 bor for his own welfare. — St. Thomas 
 Aquinas — Charity , ch. v. 
 
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Envy is like the worm engendered 
 in the wood, which commences its 
 ravages in the very place which gave 
 it life ; so envy commits its crime 
 and entails destruction in the heart 
 which gave it birth, and not on the 
 person who is its object.— Ven. Louis 
 of Grenada — Christian Doctrine , ch . 
 xvi. 
 
 X X vx. 
 
 God often permits our soul to re- 
 main barren in darkness and torment, 
 to awake in us a holy solicitude and 
 make us advance in virtue . — Life of 
 St. Catherine of Siena. 
 
 xxvxx. 
 
 The cross is the only ladder to Para- 
 
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dise ; without the cross that ascent is 
 impossible. — St. Bose of Lima. 
 
 xxvxxx. 
 
 Whoever believes himself without 
 defect, has too much pride ; God 
 alone has all perfection. — St. Anto- 
 ninus — Letter 20. 
 
 xxxx. 
 
 Our Lord never grants His grace to 
 him who, having within reach a man 
 capable of instructing and directing 
 him, neglects this powerful means of 
 salvation. — St. Vincent Ferrer — Spir- 
 itual Treatise. 
 
 XXX . 
 
 If it was necessary that Christ 
 
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 cross, into the kingdom of His Father, 
 no friend of God should shrink from 
 suffering also. — Ven. John Tauler — 
 Sermons. 
 
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 the Lord, and that by referring every- 
 thing to Him and giving to Him all 
 the honor and glory. — Ven. Louis of 
 Grenada — Christian Doctrine, ch. xiii. 
 
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 proposed to every one, so that 
 the great actions shown us may en- 
 courage us to undertake smaller things. 
 — Yen. Louis of Grenada — Christian 
 Doctrine, Treatise 7. 
 
 ii. 
 
 Prayer is not enough to deliver the 
 souls from Purgatory. The Blood of 
 Jesus Christ alone can extinguish the 
 flames which devour them . — Life of 
 B. Henry Suso . 
 
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 Reformation of life is the most solid 
 assurance we can have of justification. 
 — Ven. Louis of Grenada — Guide , 
 Boole 1, ch. v. 
 
 XV . 
 
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 acquire merit, and practise virtue dur- 
 ing his life ; no reward can be gained 
 by remaining inactive. — Ven . John 
 Tauler — Sermons . 
 
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 Why exhaust thyself in the anguish of 
 melancholy ! Have courage, arouse, 
 do violence to thyself, meditate on the 
 passion of Jesus Christ and thou shalt 
 
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 of the world. — St. Thomas Aquinas. 
 
 vii* 
 
 Think not that a preface of praise 
 will excuse thy fault in passing cen- 
 sure. — Ven. Louis of Grenada— Guide , 
 Boole 2^ dh. .cz. 
 
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 rice, frees itself from all occasion for 
 unseasonable solicitude ; but the heart 
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 they triumph, we are fighting; they 
 rejoice in their country and we are 
 sighing in exile. — B. Jourdain de Saxe 
 — Letter 16. 
 
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 Death often inspires terror and an- 
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 because many, during life, neglect to 
 prepare themselves for death. — B. 
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 thought of God present before thee, 
 and thou shalt be like an immovable 
 pillar, against which all the attacks 
 and railleries of the devil break them- 
 selves. — Ven. Louis of Grenada — 
 Christian Doctrine, ch. xoii. 
 
 xiii . 
 
 Always give good example, teach 
 virtue by word and action ; example 
 is more powerful than discourse. — B. 
 Henry Suso. 
 
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 closed ; the universe must perish be- 
 fore he who invokes thee from his heart 
 is refused assistance. — B. Henry Suso 
 — Soliloquy, 67. 
 
 XV . 
 
 Sometimes God leaves us for a long 
 time unable to effect any good, that 
 we may learn to humble ourselves, and 
 never to glory in ourselves. — St. Vin- 
 cent Ferrer — On Purity of the Heart. 
 
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 all are worthy of love. Everything, sin 
 excepted, was made by the Sovereign 
 Goodness. — B. Henry Suso. 
 
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 prosperously and, with the help of 
 God, generally arrives in port, so the 
 soul, directed by a good pastor, arrives 
 in heaven, notwithstanding the num- 
 ber of its iniquities. — Ven. Louis of 
 Grenada . 
 
 XV XXX. 
 
 Christ Himself guides the bark of 
 Peter; for this reason it cannot perish, 
 although He sometimes seems to sleep. 
 — St. Antoninus — Letter 21. 
 
 XXX . 
 
 Ail that God gives us and all that 
 He permits in this world, have no 
 

 
 other end than to sanctify us in Him. 
 — Life of St. Catherine of Siena. 
 
 XX ♦ 
 
 The truly humble man dares not 
 raise his desires to the extraordinary 
 favors God sometimes grants to His 
 elect: because the humble man has 
 such contempt for himself he would 
 not believe himself worthy. — B. Albert 
 the Great. 
 
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 Humility, modesty, sobriety, purity, 
 piety, and prudence, with meekness, 
 ornament the soul and make us live on 
 earth a truly angelic life. — B. Jourdain 
 de Saxe — Letter 16 . 
 
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 the flowers which are the promise of 
 fruit to the trees, so earthly affections 
 extinguish Divine love and deprive 
 us of eternal happiness. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Spiritual Discourse , 5. 
 
 Forget not that nature insinuates 
 itself everywhere and seeks itself in 
 all things ; in the practice of virtue, 
 in the soul, and even in God Himself, 
 so disorderly is the love it has for it- 
 self. — Yen. John Tauler — Sermons. 
 
 Let no one feel secure, no matter 
 
 134 
 

 must always preserve a holy fear, for 
 those who rely on themselves perish 
 miserably. — B. Henry Suso —Dialogue 
 145 . 
 
 XXV . 
 
 Couldst thou see the beauty of a 
 reasonable soul thou wouldst sacrifice 
 thy life a thousand times to secure its 
 salvation ; nothing in this material 
 world can be compared to its beauty. 
 — Life of St. Catherine of Siena . 
 
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 that thinks itself rich in its nakedness, 
 and believes it is in light when sur- 
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 To a useless question we should an- 
 swer only by silence. — St. Vincent 
 Ferrer — Treatise on Silence. 
 
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 himself, because hatred deprives us of 
 Divine charity. — St. Catherine of Siena 
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 mask and they are hideous monsters. — 
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 discoursing of God, or listening to His 
 word, we are inflamed with His love. — 
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 be blackened by the calumnies of men, 
 and, being innocent, to be accused of 
 the most enormous, most horrible 
 crimes, than to be guilty before God 
 of the slightest fault. — Ven. John 
 Tauler — Instit ., ch. xxvii. 
 
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 happens to him, as coming from God, 
 with love and meekness. — Ven. John 
 Tauler — Sermons. 
 
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 filled with grace and virtue ! O 
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 thou art dearer, in the eyes of Eternal 
 Wisdom, than all other created tilings. 
 — B. Henry Suso — Soliloquy. 
 
 XX. 
 
 After the flower comes the fruit: 
 we receive, as the reward of our fa- 
 tigues, an increase of grace in this 
 world, and in the next, the eternal 
 vision of God. — St. Catherine of Siena 
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 dwelling for God ; He fills it so entirely, 
 that, to wish to admit another is to 
 drive Him out. — St. Thomas Aquinas 
 — On Christian Doctrine, Boole 4. 
 
 xi. 
 
 He who has charity bestows his 
 goods on the unfortunate; but he 
 who thinks he has charity and keeps 
 his goods, deceives himself with vain 
 illusions. — Yen. Louis of Grenada — 
 Christian Doctrine, ch. xvi. 
 
 xii. 
 
 Charity requires us always to have 
 compassion on human infirmity. — 
 Life of St. Catherine of Siena. 
 
 xiii. 
 
 In vain men try, they can never find, 
 
 142 
 

 
 in creatures, sincere affection, perfect 
 joy, or true peace. — B. Henry Suso — 
 Spiritual Discourse , 5. 
 
 XXV . 
 
 Would it not be unreasonable to 
 judge others when we ourselves fall 
 into the same faults ? — St . Catherine of 
 Siena — Letter 53. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Let us love in our enemies what 
 God has given them, and hate what 
 is the effect of the malice and deceit 
 of the devil. — Yen. Louis of Grenada 
 — Christian Doctrine , ch. xvi. 
 
 xvx. 
 
 It is a great virtue to prevent evil 
 
 145 
 
speaking ; it is still greater to hinder 
 it against those who have offended us. 
 — Ven. Louis of Grenada — Guide , Booh 
 2, ch, xi. 
 
 xvxx. 
 
 Peace and joy are fruits of the Holy 
 Ghost, and no can enjoy them until 
 he is entirely devoted to God. — B. 
 Henry Suso — Nine Bocks . 
 
 XV XXX. 
 
 God became man, that man might 
 become God. But how can man be- 
 come God? By a virtuous life, by 
 which God dwells in man. — St. Anto- 
 ninus — Letter 3. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 If thine eye would see, thine ear 
 
 144 
 
JUcemtr ev. 
 
 hear, and thy heart be occupied with 
 everything, thy soul would also be 
 distracted by everything. — Ven . John 
 Tauler — Sermons. 
 
 XX . 
 
 Shun useless conversation ; we lose 
 in it both time and the spirit of de- 
 votion. — St. Thomas Aquinas — Opusc. 
 68 . 
 
 XXX . 
 
 Winter is in the heart, when, cold 
 and hard, it has no more relish for 
 grace, or God, or Divine things. — Ven. 
 John Tauter — Sermons. 
 
 xxxx. 
 
 There is nothing like Divine praise 
 
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 to enlighten the understanding, 
 sweeten the cross, banish sadness, and 
 ennui , and make the soul tranquil and 
 happy. — B. Henry Suso — Book of 
 Wisdom , ch. xxviii. 
 
 xxxxx. 
 
 Persons afflicted with scruples are 
 the most favored with Divine love and 
 the most certain to arrive at heaven ; 
 because by supporting their trials with 
 patience and humility, they live in 
 continual Purgatory. — B. Henry Suso 
 — Spiritual Discourse , 4. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 How many poor persons in the 
 world think themselves happy in hav- 
 ing enough bread and water! Would 
 it be reasonable for thee to use the 
 
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 Divine favors as food for sensuality? — 
 Yen . Louis of Grenada — Guide . 
 
 XXV . 
 
 O abyss of charity! We were made 
 to Thy image, and Thou hast made 
 Thyself to ours, by uniting Thyself to 
 man and hiding Thy Divinity under 
 the miserable flesh of Adam, and for 
 what? For love. — St. Catherine of 
 Siena— Dialogue 13. 
 
 xx vi ♦ 
 
 He is too weak a soldier who takes 
 to flight at the first sound of battle. 
 Fight ! If thou shouldst fall in the 
 combat, rise again quickly and begin 
 anew, but never despair. — B. Henry 
 Suso — Spiritual Letters , 2. 
 
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 Nothing created has ever been able 
 to satisfy the heart of man. God 
 alone can fill it infinitely.—^. Thomas 
 Aquinas — Faith , ch. xv. 
 
 xxvxxx. 
 
 Here below, joy and sorrow succeed 
 each other by turns ; but yet a little 
 while, and the hour shall sound when 
 our joy shall be full and no one can 
 deprive us of it. — B. Jourdainde Saxe 
 — Letter 17. 
 
 XXX X . 
 
 God is the supreme strength, forti- 
 fying those who place their trust and 
 confidence in Him. — St. Catherine of 
 Siena — Letter 33. 
 
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 xxx. 
 
 Many pray more with the lips than 
 from the heart. They think only of 
 reciting a certain number of Paters, 
 They place all their piety in the simple 
 words. We must not do so ; there is 
 little fruit to be gathered from it. — 
 B. Henry Suso — Dialogue 66. 
 
 XXXX . 
 
 Time is but a period ; time passes 
 like the lightning’s flash; suffering 
 passes with time, suffering is then very 
 small. — B. Henry Suso — Dialogue 54. 
 
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