A True Servant Of Mary Cannot Be

Saint Teresa, As The Roman Rota Attests, Never Fell Into Any Mortal Sin; But Still Our Lord Showed Her The Place Prepared For Her In Hell; Not Because She Deserved Hell, But Because, Had She Not Risen From The State Of Lukewarmness In Which She Lived, She Would In The End Have Lost The Grace Of God And Been Damned.

Just As A Mother Finds Pleasure In Taking Her Little Child On Her Lap, There To Feed And Caress Him, In Like Manner Our Loving God Shows His Fondness For His Beloved Souls Who Have Given Themselves Entirely To Him And Have Placed All Their Hope In His Goodness.

To Obtain Salvation We Must Tremble At The Thought Of Being Lost, And Tremble Not So Much At The Thought Of Hell, As Of Sin, Which Alone Can Send Us Thither. He Who Dreads Sin Avoids Dangerous Occasions, Frequently Recommends Himself To God, And Has Recourse To The Means Of Keeping Himself In The State Of Grace. He Who Acts Thus Will Be Saved; But For Him Who Lives Not In This Manner It Is Morally Impossible To Be Saved.

Of All Devotions, That Of Adoring Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament Is The Greatest After The Sacraments, The One Dearest To God And The One Most Helpful To Us.

The More A Person Loves God, The More Reason He Has To Hope In Him. This Hope Produces In The Saints An Unutterable Peace, Which They Preserve Even In Adversity, Because As They Love God, And Know How Beautiful He Is To Those Who Love Him, They Place All Their Confidence And Find All Their Repose In Him Alone.