I became absorbed in prayer and said my penance. Then I suddenly saw the Lord, who said to me,
"My daughter, know that you give Me greater glory by a single act of obedience than by long prayers and mortifications."
Oh, how good it is to live under obedience, to live conscious of the fact that everything I do is pleasing to God! (Diary, 894).
I heard the following words in my soul:
"You will receive a greater reward for your obedience and subjection to your confessor than you will for the practices which you will be carrying out. Know this, My daughter, and act accordingly: anything, no matter how small it be, that has the seal of obedience to My representative is pleasing to Me and great in My eyes" (Diary , 933).
Seal of Obedience
Seal of Obedience
Devotion to the souls in Purgatory contains in itself all the works of mercy, which supernaturalized by a spirit of faith, should merit us Heaven. de Sales