“Children, everyone’s ‘house’ of personal holiness sometimes has temptation knocking at the door. The grace is always present to recognize this unwanted visitor. Sometimes the owner of the house unwisely allows temptation in through thought, word or deed. The soul must be careful whom or what he associates with. If the soul is trying to advance in personal holiness, he will readily recognize the unwanted guest and usher him out. The soul must be very wise as to whom he allows into his house as sometimes the unwanted guest comes disguised in goodness.”

“Make your house of holiness like a fortress of virtue. This is the way to advance quickly through sacrifice and prayer and to ‘decorate’ your house of holiness with deeper and deeper virtue. The deeper the soul is in virtue, the stronger his efforts to protect his house of personal holiness.”