Oh, souls who already fearlessly enjoy your joy and are forever enraptured in the praises of my God! How fortunate was your fate! And how my soul feels great envy towards you for tirelessly engaging in these praises...
Oh, blessed heavenly souls! Help our wretchedness and be our intercessors before divine mercy, that it may grant us at least something of your joy and share with us a part of that clear knowledge that is given to you.
Oh, blessed souls, who have managed so well to prosper and acquire such delightful and lasting inheritance! Tell us: How have you gathered such infinite good along with Him? Help us, for you are so close to the source. Draw water for those of us who are dying of thirst here.
(Teresa of Jesus, Cry of the Soul to God, 11,1.4)
