"In short, don't philosophize on your defects; don't reply but carry on firmly. No, God could not lose you when, in order to avoid losing Him you persist in your resolutions. Let the world turn upside down, let everything be darkness, in smoke, in confusion, but God is with us, what can we fear therefore? If God lives in darkness and on Mt. Sinai amidst the thunder and lightning, shouldn't we be happy, know we are close to Him."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina