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But when souls are worn out from many years of meditation and of having sought this Bridegroom, and most weary of worldly things, they sit under the shadow of Truth, they do not seek their comfort or calm or rest anywhere except where they understand they can truly have it. They place themselves under the protection of the Lord; they desire no other.

It is greatly to be lamented that, when God has granted them strength to break other and stouter cords-- namely, affections for sins and vanities -- they should fail to attain to such blessing because they have not shaken off some childish thing which God had bidden them conquer for love of Him, and which is nothing more than a thread or a hair.

God takes care of the affairs of those who truly love Him without their having to be anxious about them.

Be fervent therefore in your spiritual progress, for you shall shortly receive the reward of your labours; and then grief and fear shall no more come near you.

Perhaps all the graces that I have received in abundance have come to me through the prayers of some little soul whom I shall know only in heaven!

For perfection as well as its reward does not consist in spiritual delights but in greater love and in deeds done with greater justice and truth.

Walk in Christ...that means to go out from self...in order to enter more deeply into Him at every moment; to enter so deeply that one is "rooted‟ in Him and may boldly challenge all events with the great cry, Who, then, shall separate us from the love of Christ?‟

It is love alone that gives worth to all things.

Since a double measure of bitterness must follow the doing of your own will, do not do it even though you remain in single bitterness.

The soul should trust in the goodness of God, which is greater than all the evils we are capable of.

I do not count on my own merits, since I have none, but I trust in Him who is Virtue and Sanctity Itself.

To stand before the face of the living God that is our vocation. The holy prophet (Elijah) set us an example. He stood before God’s face because this was the eternal treasure for whose sake he gave up all earthly goods.