Sometimes it seems that we have been praying a long time and still do not have what we ask. But we should not be sad. I am sure that what our Lord means is that either we should wait for a better time, or more grace, or a better gift.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
All God wants is our heart. And He is more pleased when we value our uselessness and weakness out of love and reverence for His holy will, than when we do violence to ourselves and perform great works of penance.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
In our communion with our Lord we should find all our delight, caring not whether it is his good pleasure to give us consolation or desolation. This absolute dependence on and conformity to the will of God is the sum and root of perfection… perfect denudation of self… We are all called to this perfection, and to attain to it there is no need to weaken the body in austerities.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Do not be afraid. Death is only God who is passing by.
— Saint Jeanne-Marie Kerguin (1864-1900)
