Those who desire only the good pleasure of God abide in peace even in the midst of failure, for God has not told us that He requires success of 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!

Love aright and you will never be sad. Embrace God's will and you will be filled with joy and peace.

Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross to uphold me, your Eucharist to nourish me. On you Lord, I shall sleep and rest in peace.

Profit by the little trials that come to you, for through them we make real progress.

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."

If we love Jesus, we shall be loved in return by Him, and that is perfect happiness.