Day 63. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations. He will be beatified!
"We must not be troubled by our defects, but rather we should humble ourselves in peace and pray for help, protesting to never want any fault however small it may be." (Letter 299)
"We must not be troubled by our defects, but rather we should humble ourselves in peace and pray for help, protesting to never want any fault however small it may be." (Letter 299)
"Even the greatest saints have been subject to these infirmities. How do we wish to be exempt from them? To desire them is good." (Letter 299)
"Even just souls make mistakes many times a day." (Letter 299)
"You need to be courageous and go forth with self-loathing and trust in God, but always with peace. Reminder of St. Teresa. Let nothing perturb you, let nothing frighten you, and let the defects themselves humble you, but let them not cause you to lose your peace." (Letter 299)
"Certainly the spirit of the Lord was with him [Saint Gaspar], he could not have spoken with such vividness, persuasion, strength and decision in a way that he was not to be able to repeat, had not a higher spirit been in him." (Gaspar of the Buffalo. Un Santo scruta un Santo [A Saint Examines [...]
"(St. Gaspar) had always God present to himself, no matter what he did or what he was occupied with, as I myself have been able to perceive more than once by the ease he had of remembering God and working for his glory, by the righteousness with which the whole things he performed, and by [...]
"Prudence does not remove the confidence we must have in God." (Letter 135)
"We have to suffer, and remain silent and pray. This is how God organizes all his goals to the other, this is why I think He wants you to go through an exercise of deeper humility, lowered to the ground so as to say: Courage, and trust in God who can get his glory [...]
"We must see each other every day. But how? With the wish to belong completely to God." (Letter 132)
"Hold your cross towards God with great love for fruits mature in this tree." (Letter 121)