Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. - Teresa of Ávila

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

How wonderful it is that He Whose greatness could fill a thousand worlds, and very many more, should confine Himself within so small a space, just as He was pleased to dwell within the womb of His most holy Mother!

When the Lord is pleased to withdraw, the soul is left in great loneliness; yet all the possible efforts that it might make to regain His companionship are of little avail, for the Lord gives this when He wills and it cannot be acquired. Sometimes again, companionship comes from a saint which is also a great help to us.