We must be faithful both in great and little things

  Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 35

The Sacred Spouse in the Song of songs says that his Bride has delighted his heart with one of her eyes and with one of her hairs (4:9). Among all the external parts of the human body there is nothing more noble either for its versatility or for activity as the eye and nothing more lowly than the hair.

(Read further in Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 35)

Do faithfully all the things you have to do

  Letter to Madame de la Flechere

(Letters of Spiritual Direction, Do faithfully all the things you have to do)

You need patience, and God will give it to you, I’m sure, if you earnestly ask Him for it and if you strive to practise it faithfully.

(Read further in Letters to Madame de la Flechere, Letters of Spiritual Direction)

Combining Frailty with Fidelity

  Letter to a Wife and Mother

There are two things we should combine: a genuine attempt at exact observance of all the practices of the spiritual life and an effort to remain unruffled by our occasional lapses.

(Read further in Letters to a Wife and Mother)

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