To the Young Maidens

Oh Maidens, guard your hearts! Preserve them well from all impurity, every stain of sin. Let not ugliness reside there. Prepare them well in virtue, for this all vocations require. Guard your hearts from hasty attachment to another; neither let yourselves become discouraged should you be slighted by men. Do not forget that Christ greatly desires you- that to Him your heart, your all, is of the utmost value. Hence, He will entrust you only to one who will draw you ever closer to Him, and that only if it be His Holy Will. Would that we could cultivate such a desire for Him!