Son, why art thou so dispirited? Be of good heart still; for thou mayest
certainly yet attain to it. Do but believe, and all things are made
possible to thee. If it were that thy Will, O thou of so little courage,
could break off itself for an hour, or even but for a half hour, from
all creatures, and plunge itself into that where no creature is, or can
be; presently it would be penetrated and clothed upon with the supreme
splendour of the Divine Glory, would taste in itself the most sweet Love
of Jesus, the sweetness whereof no tongue can express, and would find in
itself the unspeakable words of our Lord concerning his great mercy. Thy
spirit would then feel in itself the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ to
be very pleasing to it; and would thereupon love the Cross more than the
honours and goods of the World.