See, dear mother, I will tell you one thing that is very important for you and accept it as coming from our Lord Jesus Christ. I write to you what I feel in my heart. (…) Love with all your heart only the one who alone is worthy to be loved by us; trust him with all your heart and do not doubt his help. Carry out all your duties as you have committed to do, but always with that detachment I have spoken of, which lies in the inner, and not in the outer.
(Br. Šimon of St. Paul OCD, letter to St. Mother Eletca /1605–1663/, June 27, 1647)
