Let it be your firm conviction that you should neither desire nor strive for anything but to possess the grace and love of God, to avoid offending Him and to please Him in all things. Whether death or life, sickness or health, joy or sadness, honor or shame, be your lot … it will matter nothing, except in so far as it brings you nearer to God.
–Saint John of Avila (1500 – 1569)
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