When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.

All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.