How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee?
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!
The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it.
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.