Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.

Make a bouquet of the sufferings of Jesus and carry it in the bosom of his soul.

Entrust yourself entirely to God. He is a Father and a most loving Father at that, who would rather let heaven and earth collapse than abandon anyone who trusted in him.

Meditation on Jesus Christ crucified is a precious balm which sweetens all pains.

Be faithful in all your exercises of piety and virtue; be always resigned; be satisfied, in the superior part of your soul, to taste, without relish, the contentment of doing God's will. Thus after the winter the spring will come, with its flowers, and you will hear the voice of the turtle-dove in this land.