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Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “I see myself so devoid of fraternal charity that I would like to acquire this very beautiful virtue, but I do not how. Truly believe me, I feel a cruel piercing in my heart over it. For this want [of charity] I feel myself continually dying of shame and pain.” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “If I know that a person is afflicted, be it in the soul as in the body, what would I not [ask from] the Lord in order to see that person freed from his evils? Willingly I would take upon myself all of his afflictions, just to see them saved, handing over the fruits of such afflictions in his favor, if the Lord would so permit me.” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity 9- “The trials of my soul become increasingly intensified. But long live God Who, even in the midst of trials, does not permit the soul to be lost. [My soul] suffers, but I have the certainty that in the midst of the suffering and pitch darkness, in which my soul is continually immersed, that my hope will not grow faint.” 10- “The force of satan that fights against me is terrible, but long live God, because He has placed the cause of my well-being, the outcome of the good victory, in the hands of our Heavenly Mother. Protected and guided by such a tender Mother, I will stay to fight until God would like.” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “Let us always have alight in our hearts the flame of charity, and let us never become discouraged; and if we should be overcome by some languor or weakness of spirit, let us run to the foot of the Cross, let us attach ourselves to the celestial perfumes, and we will indubitably be reinvigorated.” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “May the pious and beneficent angel of the faith counsel and spur us on to run with insistent and humble prayer to the goodness and mercy of the Heavenly Father, having the firm hope of being heard, confident of the promise that the Divine Master makes to us: ‘Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you…if you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it to you.’” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “Keep it ever before your eyes that here on earth it is a place of battle and that in heaven you receive your crown; that here is the place of trial and you receive your reward up above; that here we are in a land of exile and our true homeland is in heaven, with the lively faith, with the firm hope and with the ardent affection in heaven; with the most lively desire as long as we are travelers, so as to be able one day, when it pleases God to live there with our person.” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “The trial is very difficult, but do not fear because Jesus is with you, even when your spirit sees itself on the edge of the cliff. Always raise your voice to heaven even in those moments when desolation assails your spirit; cry loudly with the most patient Job who, placed in your present state by the Lord, cried to the Lord: ‘Even if You should kill me, O Lord, I will hope in You’”. |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “Never lose heart when the tempest rages: place all of your trust in the Heart of the most sweet Jesus […]. Always renew your faith and never abandon it; she [the faith] never abandons any man, and much less the soul that longs to love God.” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “Especially in the hour of battle, renew your faith in the truth of Christian doctrine, and in a particular way, renew your faith in the promise of eternal life that our most sweet Lord makes to those who fight with strength and courage. It is worth infusing yourself with courage, and to console yourself knowing that one is never alone in suffering, that all of the followers of the Nazarean, spread throughout the world, suffer the same things: they, too, are exposed to tribulations.” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “Always be strong in the faith and always be vigilant so that you will flee all the evil arts of the enemy. This is precisely the admonition that the prince of the Apostles, St. Peter, gives us: ‘Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye strong in faith’; and for our greater encouragement he also adds: ‘knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world.’” |
Ave Maria!– June’s Theme: Faith, Hope, and Charity “The fullness of the dregs of the water are about to immerse me, drown me. I almost, completely can no longer bear it. I feel everything becoming weaker, except for that small thread which is the faith that for me is the only point of support in this tempestuous sea.” |
