Quotes from Margaret Mary Alacoque

The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.

Keep your heart in peace and let nothing trouble you, not even your faults. You must humble yourself and amend them peacefully, without being discouraged or cast down, for God's dwelling is in peace.

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure.

Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you.

Cling to God, and leave all the rest to Him: He will not let you perish. Your soul is very dear to Him, He wishes to save it.

I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God.

Until we have acquired genuine prayer, we are like people teaching children to begin to walk.

Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every spirit adore Thee and every will be subject to Thee!

It is attachment to creatures and to self-satisfaction that weakens the blessings of love in your heart. You must die to all that, if you wish the pure love of God to reign therein.

Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes its roots into the ground.

Let us begin in earnest to work out our salvation, for no one will do it for us, since even He Himself, Who made us without ourselves, will not save us without ourselves.

He will take good care to provide what is necessary for our sanctification, provided we are careful to accept everything according to His designs.

May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates, and sustains you.