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Those who do not receive these consolations may feel a despondency that is uncalled for, since perfection does not consist in consolation but in greater love; our reward will be in proportion to this, and to the justice and sincerity of our actions.

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

And even in sickness itself and these other occasions the prayer is genuine when it comes from a soul that loves to offer the sickness up and accept what is happening and be conformed to it and to the other thousand things that happen.

Our faith is so dead that we desire what we see more than what faith tells us.

The devil does a great deal to incapacitate us when he sees a little fear.

Never fear that the Lord Who invites us to drink of the fountain will allow us to die of thirst.

Be extremely careful for the love of the Lord not to be tricked into giving up prayer.

He has borne with many offences and much unworthiness in you, yet these have not sufficed to make Him turn away; is it much to ask that you should sometimes shift your gaze from earthly things to fix it on Him?

When you speak with a Lord so great, you should think of Who it is you are addressing and what you yourself are, if only that you may speak to Him with proper respect. How can you address a king with the reverence he deserves unless you are clearly conscious of his position and yours?

In heaven we will be surprised to see how different His judgment is from what we can understand here below. May He be praised forever.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus to have acquired experience.

There’s no need for us to be advising Him about what He should give us, for He can rightly tell us that we don’t know what we’re asking for.