Tag: consolation

To Console a Young Lady in Great Affliction

July 10, 2025

Close your eyes to all that affrights you and trust in the Wounds of Christ, Who received them for your sake, and you will find rest. Till the horse ceases looking at the well, for fear of falling in it, it will draw no water from it and; so, the more hopeless you feel of a remedy for your troubles, because you know not where to look nor what to do for one, the more hopeful is your state. … More To Console a Young Lady in Great Affliction

The Christian Manner in Which We Should Mourn Over Those Whom We Have Lost

February 22, 2025

It is always with tranquility I weep, always with a great sentiment of loving confidence in Divine Providence; for, since Our Lord loved death and delivered it as an object of our love, I cannot wish it ill, for taking away my sisters and others, provided that they die in the love of the holy death of the Savior.ย  I regard this frail life as such a trifle, that I never turn to God with sweeter sentiments of love, than when He has stricken me or permitted me to be afflicted.ย  … More The Christian Manner in Which We Should Mourn Over Those Whom We Have Lost