'Do not consider the magnitude of your trials;
contemplate rather Jesus, your crucified Love, the King of sorrows and
of anguish. If you do this, all your sufferings will be flavored with
sweetness. Lift up your heart. Fix your heart on God. For the time
being, you cannot, I admit, apply yourself to prayer or to other
exercises of piety; but, with my confidence founded on Christ, I will
give you a rule which will enable you to pray without ceasing: He prays
always who lives well. Animate yourself with faith, I beg of you; keep
yourself in the presence of God in all your actions.'
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.
