May His Majesty grant us this love at least before death! It would be a great thing if we could see at the hour of death that we are judged by Him whom we have loved above all. We will go to meet Him with confidence, even with the burden of our debts, for we will be convinced that we are not going to an unknown land, but to our homeland, to the kingdom of Him whom we love so much and who loves us.
(Teresa of Jesus, The Way of Perfection XL,8)