What will He not give Who so much loves giving and can give all that He will? - Teresa of Ávila

Vilka omdömen som än må fällas om detta, vad som är av vikt är att Gud blir en smula mer prisad och förstådd, sen må hela världen skrika hur den vill.

by committing a mortal sin, instead of seeking to please God, it prefers to gratify the devil, the prince of darkness, and so comes to share his blackness.

All the trials that we have suffered will, I believe, have been endured to good
purpose. The rule is rather strict, for meat is never eaten except in cases of
necessity