I kindly entrust myself to the prayers of all my dear daughters and sisters, both together and individually, and I ask them to strive to be holy and not to waste time, and may they always remember that if they do not strive to be so now, they will not be so later. Everything passes, and everything is madness except for faithful service to God.
May God bless Your Excellency a thousand times and may He give you as much of His love as I fervently wish for you; I would like to see you entirely aflame with this divine fire, and this desire of mine is so strong that I cannot express it in any way, for it seems to me that God greatly longs for your heart.
(Br. Simon of St. Paul OCD, letter to the venerated Mother Electa /1605–1663/, June 27, 1647)
