Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.

Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.

John Vianney

Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.

Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.

If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.

If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.

The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.

The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.

If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!

If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!

Upon receiving Holy Communion, the Adorable Blood of Jesus Christ really flows in our veins and His Flesh is really blended with ours.

Upon receiving Holy Communion, the Adorable Blood of Jesus Christ really flows in our veins and His Flesh is really blended with ours.

The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.

The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.

How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!

How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!

How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!

How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!

The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.

The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.

The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.

The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.

The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.

The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.

The Devil writes down our sins - our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel's book may be full, and the Devil's empty.

The Devil writes down our sins - our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel's book may be full, and the Devil's empty.

When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.

When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.

Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.

Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.

If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.

If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.

You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.

You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.

The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.

The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.

Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke them.

Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke them.