Trust Him with all your heart and practice a lot in this trust now, for it is necessary in this situation, and this pleases Your Beloved. Everything belongs to Your Dignity and Your Dignity is entirely His. Try to detach your heart from all things, strive for this, dear mother, with great zeal and very earnestly, for I assure you that God expects primarily this detachment from you, and if you remain faithful to Him in this, you will do a thing very pleasing to your Bridegroom, for I know He loves you very much and wants to have this heart of yours just for Himself.
(bro. Simon of St. Paul OCD, letter to the venerated Mother Electa /1605–1663/, June 27, 1647)
