Mary's letters do not belong to any literary genre nor can they be styled “spiritual letters” per se. They were occasional writings dashed off without any concern for style, in plain, totally unadorned language. However, they do contain a wealth of extraordinary spirituality, a fact easily recognized by his earliest biographers. Anthony Mary himself, in his last letter, pointedly remarked: “I have not written one word without some special meaning in it. If you discover it, it will be, I think, most useful and gainful for you.” The 12 Letters of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria Letter 1 - Being Thankful to God Letter 2 - Remedies for Irresoluteness Letter 3 - Unceasing Prayer Letter 4 - Confidence in God in the Face of Difficulty Letter 5 - Spiritual Renewal and Progress Letter 6 - Spiritual Progress & Christian Service Letter 7 - Christ’s Will Versus One’s Own Will Letter 8 - Trust in the Lord Letter 9 - The Saints, True Imitators of Christ Letter 10 - Steady Growth in Holiness Letter 11 - Becoming Great Saints Letter 12 - God’s Gift of Light LISTEN FREE TO THE 12 LETTERS OF ST. ANTHONY MARY Sermons The manuscript codex of the Sermons is kept in the General Archives of the Barnabites in Rome. It was entrusted by Anthony Mary's mother to the Angelics of Santa Marta Convent in Cremona. Early Barnabite historian, Father Giovanni Antonio Gabuzio, retrieved it during his stay in that city from 1584 to 1595. It is an index-notebook. When he was a student at the University of Padua, Anthony Mary recorded in it some lines of the philosopher, Averroës. Later on, as a priest in Cremona, he wrote in it the talks on the Ten Commandments, which he gave at the Amicizia Oratory in Saint Vitalis Church. Clearly, he planned to write out ten sermons, one on each commandment. However, the notebook contains only five sermons: four on the first four commandments. The fifth one is on the commandment, but is only half finished. Sermon I has an appendix on how nuns should practice the first commandment. It was likely intended for the Augustinian Community of Santa Maria Annunziata in Cremona. A sixth sermon was part of a projected trilogy on moral and spiritual lukewarmness. The Sermons are addressed to noble laymen, who were married and had children, and were active members of the Amicizia Oratory, in