O my beloved Christ, crucified for love, would that I might be for you a spouse of your heart!
I would anoint you with glory, I would love you - even unto death!
Yet I sense my frailty and ask you to adorn me with yourself; identify my soul with all the movements of your soul, submerge me, overwhelm me, substitute yourself in me that my life may become but a reflection of your life.  Come into me as Adorer, Redeemer and Savior.    -St Elizabeth of the Trinity

"The Lord is with you; he fights with you and for you. With such a warrior on your side, you can have no doubt about complete victory over that foul and impure apostate, the devil. Groan before Jesus, knock fervently and insistently at his sacred heart, but the response he is sending you through me is no different from what he said to the Apostle to the Gentiles; 'My grace is sufficient for you' [2 Corinthians 12:9]. Yes, keep a guard over yourself, flee idleness and all base conversation.... Always remember the apostle's saying that our treasure is kept in a fragile earthen vessel [ see 2 Corinthians 4:7]....
Be at peace in all things, because the enemy, who always fishes in troubled waters, takes advantage of our discouragement to achieve his intentions more readily."   -St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“Everyone receives what he deserves in accordance with his inner state. But only God understands the many different ways in which this happens.”    St. Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)

“Duplicity is not pleasing to God and to be truly simple we should propose to ourselves no other end but to please God alone.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

If something uncharitable is said in your presence, either speak in favor of the absence, or withdraw, or if possible, stop the conversation.   - St. John Vianney

"My Heart is sorrowful, Jesus said, because even chosen souls do not understand the greatness of My mercy. Their relationship [with Me] is, in certain ways, imbued with mistrust. Oh, how much that wounds My Heart!! Remember My Passion, and if you do not believe My words, at least believe My wounds."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA    (Diary, 379)

Just believing that You are all powerful was enough for me to receive all the grandeurs that You work, and this power, as I say, I never doubted.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 19 : 9