The Best Advice That I Can Give

What Cannot Be Changed Cannot Be Blamed.

Malice Swallows The Greatest Part Of Its Own Venom.

Who Would Have Believed That The Daughters Of That Mighty City Would One Day Be Wandering As Servants And Slaves On The Shores Of Egypt And Africa, Or That Bethlehem Would Daily Receive Noble Romans, Distinguished Ladies, Brought Up In Wealth And Now Reduced To Beggary? I Cannot Help Them All, But I Grieve And Weep With Them, And Am Completely Absorbed In The Duties Which Charity Imposes On Me. I Have Put Aside My Commentary On Ezekiel And Almost All Study. For Today We Must Translate The Precepts Of The Scriptures Into Deeds; Instead Of Speaking Saintly Words, We Must Act Them.

Being Over Seventy Is Like Being Engaged In A War. All Our Friends Are Going Or Gone And We Survive Amongst The Dead And The Dying As On A Battlefield.

Without Doubt, The Lord Grants All Favors Which Are Asked Of Him In Mass, Provided They Be Fitting For Us.