My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.

Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.

The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is because preachers have too much worldly wisdom.

Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.