We must be satisfied with making the best use of the few talents God has given us without troubling ourselves about having greater or more extensive ones (VII:531).
“What can shut us out from the love of Him, who will ever dwell within us through love?” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Heavenly Father, soften my heart when anger closes me off from those who have upset me. Help me to overlook and forget these...
I can only be deeply grieved by the intense sufferings of the poor slaves and by my inability to procure some relief for them; may it please God to have pity on them (VII:523).
