What interests you most is our present condition: it is what we would have desired, thorny and difficult, but it is made easier by the unction of grace and alleviated by an all-kind Providence whose help is never withdrawn and whose protection is felt at every moment.

I am where God wills me to be, and so I have found rest and security. His wisdom governs me, His power defends me, His grace sanctifies me, His mercy encompasses me, His joy sustains me and all will go well with me.

Strengthen in us, O God, the work You have begun in us.

How truly blessed we shall be if at the price of even very great sacrifices we shall have made God known and loved by one more soul!

Really, it is the Lord who carries the cross, for He knows how to make the soul content with little or no consolation and always to find strength in the words..."Thy will be done."

Preach by example of your lives rather than by words. Example is the very best sermon.

There are no difficulties except for those who worry too much about tomorrow.