SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is a far off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back, he might not, in love, say before his face.
What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with God obtains three great privileges: omnipotence without power, intoxication without wine, and life without death.
By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man’s heart and make a dwelling for himself there.
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.