Ave Maria Meditations
The chief thing I ask is that in the course of the day you should continually recollect yourself and lift your heart up to God to say a few short words telling Him of your faithfulness and love.
As to the afflictions of your heart, you can easily see for yourself those in which there is a remedy and those for which there is none. Where a remedy is possible, you must try and apply it gently and peacefully. Where there is none, you must bear it as a mortification sent by Our Lord to try you and make you all His. Be careful not to give way to complaining; make your heart suffer in stillness.
If you are seized with any sort of impatience, restore peace and gentleness in your heart the moment you become aware of what is happening. Believe me, my dear daughter, God loves the souls that are tossed about by the waves and tempests of the world, as long as they receive their hardships as coming from His hands, and like valiant warriors, try to keep faithful in the thick of the attack and flighting.
St. Francis De Sales
