St. Edith Stein

"When night comes, and retrospect shows that everything was patchwork and much that one had planned left undone, when so many things rouse shame and regret, then take all as is, lay it in God's hands, and offer it up to Him. In this way we will be able to rest in Him, actually to rest and to begin the new day like a new life."

Und wenn die Nacht kommt
und der Rückblick zeigt,
dass alles Stückwerk war
und vieles ungetan geblieben ist,
wenn so manches
tiefe Beschämung und Reue weckt:
dann alles nehmen, wie es ist,
in Gottes Hände legen
und Ihm überlassen.
So wird man in Ihm ruhen können,
wirklich ruhen
und den neuen Tag
wie ein neues Leben beginnen.

Dickens

"Dickens sure knows how to pull the heartstrings. Its like he's milking a cow or something....I was thinking of the Three Stooges." --anonymous family member.

"But if he wishes to prevent this fire of divine love from growing cold because of injuries received, let him keep the eyes of his soul always fixed on the serene patience of his beloved Lord and Savior." -- St. Aelred.

Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms.

-- St. Francis de Sales (via Mary Kate Thielman)