Jean-Baptiste Berthier

“ No one more than they has to fear the deceptions and prejudices of the world, the rush of passions and of a fiery imagination, and the fascination of trifles which shroud real good in darkness. Let them pray, therefore. Indeed, if prayer is at all times a consolation, a strength, a light, for the Christian in all his leading actions, is its presence not needed to direct, sustain, and cheer him in the greatest and most decisive step of his life, the choice of a state ? ”

“ Who can refrain from pitying those young people who grovel in evil thoughts and pursuits up to the hour at which they have come to a final decision on their future? Will some few hastily uttered aspirations, a few returns for a moment to virtue, be able to scatter the clouds that have been heaped up by a guilty life? ”

“ By invoking God and his holy mother with perseverance, confidence, fervor, docility, and the other necessary conditions, we shall surely obtain, if not a revelation and extraordinary lights on the path we should follow, at least the purity of intention and the Christian prudence which we need to make a choice in accordance with God and with our holy faith. Jesus Christ has promised to grant everything to well-made prayer. ”