The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine in the heavenly palace.

Why should you worry whether God wants you to reach the heavenly home by way of the desert or by the fields, when by the one as well as by the other one arrives all the same at a Blessed Eternity? Keep far from you excessive preoccupation which arises from the trials which the good God wishes to visit upon you.

In order to attract us, the Lord grants us many graces that we believe can easily obtain Heaven for us. We do not know, however, that in order to grow, we need hard bread: the cross, humiliation, trials and denials.

Only in Heaven will everything be as beautiful as spring, as pleasant as autumn, and as full of love as summer.

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.

Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.