Love draws forth love.
The true penance comes when God takes away the soul's health and strength for doing penance. Even though I have mentioned elsewhere the great pain this lack causes, the pain is much more intense here. All these things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee?
Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
God never changes; Patient endurance Attains to all things; Who God possesses In nothing is wanting; Alone God suffices.