Therefore, don't fear at all, but consider yourself extremely fortunate to have been worthy of participating in the sufferings of the God-Man. So there is no abandonment, but love, and great love which God is showing you. Your state is not one of punishment, but one of exquisite love. Therefore bless the Lord for this, and resign yourself to drinking the chalice of Gethsemane.  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

 “That little word “ought” implies that man is free.  Fire must be hot, ice must be cold, but a man ought to be good.  “Ought” is the beginning of morality for it distinguishes man as oral power from a physical power like a steam engine.”   Archbishop Fulton Sheen

 “Let us run to her, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.”   - Saint Francis de Sales

 "I will be kind to everybody, particularly to those whom I find troublesome. “   - St. Anthony Mary Claret

“God is with the simple and humble; He assists them, blesses their work, and blesses their undertakings.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

 "We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable"   - St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090.-1153.)

 "If you want to belong entirely to God you must be prepared to be despised and rejected by the world.  Blessed is he, my friends, who belongs to these, and who follows in the footsteps of the Lord with courage and carries his cross with patience.  It is only by doing so that we may obtain the happiness of reaching heaven.  Amen."   St. John Vianney