Page 47 - briciole-d-oro

45
24
We cannot perform one single act of virtue that is
not the work of the Holy Spirit. (Writings 345)

25
Who is it that places in our hearts the taste we
experience for prayer, the prompting we feel toward
acquiring virtue, the desire to please God by
mortifying our senses? It is simply what we call the good Spirit,
who continually works and acts in our souls. (Writings 345)

26
It is frightening to think of that circular chain of graces,
of which each link is a force on which depends our eternal

salvation! (Letters 52)
27
Now then, every passing moment is a new opportunity
we must exploit and for which we shall have to answer
one day before God. Every minute that the clock
measures can mark in time the fateful point on which hangs our
eternal destiny. (Letters 52)

28
The Lord always gives us the grace to overcome, but He
can do nothing if we do not help Him with our good will.
(Writings 235)

29
When you least feel like saying a word, that is the time to
talk. (Writings 197)

30
Strive to be what you are not, and not to be what you are.
(Writings 192)

31
Let us ask the Lord to make us holy, to make us holy
soon, with the holiness that He wills. (Writings 172)