Idleness Is Hells Fishhook For Catching Souls.

If God Causes You To Suffer Much It Is A Sign That He Has Great Designs For You And That He Certainly Intends To Make You A Saint. And If You Wish To Become A Great Saint, Entreat Him Yourself To Give You Much Opportunity For Suffering; For There Is No Wood Better To Kindle The Fire Of Holy Love Than The Wood Of The Cross, Which Christ Used For His Own Great Sacrifice Of Boundless Charity.

The Principal End Both Of My Father And Of Myself In The Conquest Of India... Has Been The Propagation Of The Holy Catholic Faith.

Pardon Me, O Perfections Of My God, For Having Preferred Imperfect And Evil Inclinations To Thee! Pardon Me, O Justice Of My God, For Having Outraged Thee By My Sins. Pardon Me, O Holiness Of My God, For Having So Long Stained Thy Sight's Purity By My Sins. Pardon Me, O Mercy Of My God, For Having Despised So Long Thy Mercy's Voice. In Deep Sorrow And Contrition, I Cast Myself At Thy Feet: Have Mercy On Me.

Let Me Look At The Foulness And Ugliness Of My Body. Let Me See Myself As An Ulcerous Sore Running With Every Horrible And Disgusting Poison.

Few Souls Understand What God Would Effect In Them If They Should Give Themselves Entirely Into His Hands And Allow His Grace To Act.