“God makes the interests of the afflicted his own.” – St. Louise de Marillac – “The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; and those who are crushed in spirit He saves.” Psalm 34:18
“Every ward of a hospital is a chapel wherein Jesus resides.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Whenever I visit a hospital, Lord, your presence is very near. May everything I say or do for the sick be done to comfort and console as you would have me...
A weathercock is no more subject to the way the wind blows than the mind of man is to exterior agitations, by which he is drawn now to one side and then to another; God permits this to try good persons and to strengthen them in Him (VI:449).
God be blessed for having willed all earthly things to be uncertain and perishable so that we may seek in Him alone the stability of our plans and affairs because things then turn out well for us (VI:439).
