St. Margaret Mary, who received from our Divine Lord many communications relative to Charity, was shown the soul of a deceased person who had to undergo but a light chastisement, and Our Lord told her that among all the good works which this person had performed in the world, He had taken into special consideration certain humiliations to which she had submitted in the world, because she had suffered them in the spirit of charity, not only without murmuring, but even without speaking of them. Our Lord added that, as a reward, He had given her a mild and favorable judgment. Charity covereth a multitude of sins. If it happened that one of her spiritual daughters failed in charity, she sent her to read this sentence, which she called the mirror of the monastery. The honors, riches and pleasures of the world are transitory things.
Nothing is truly great but that which is eternal.
Keep in mind the eternal years. The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last. One of the greatest means of salvation is devotion to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Whoever says this prayer piously, will die as happily as he will die holily. Let us say the Hail Mary with equal attention and fervor, and we shall have the same consolation at our last hour.