Father Frassinetti declares: “Self-denial is necessary for the acquirement of Christian perfection. . . . Self-denial is indispensable to prevent us from falling into mortal sin, and to keep us simply in a state of grace. . . . Without this self-denial no one can be a good disciple of Christ, who says: ‘If any man will follow Me, let him deny himself.’”

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“When I shrink from suffering, Jesus reproves me and tells me that He did not refuse to suffer. Then I say ‘Jesus, Your will and not mine’. At last I am convinced that only God can make me happy, and in Him I have placed all my hope…”
St. Gemma Galgani