I often wonder what God has in store for me in this state – without faith, without love – not even in feelings. Recently, I felt so badly that I can't even express it. At one point, I was close to rejecting it altogether. I deliberately took the rosary and very slowly, without meditating or thinking about it, I prayed it slowly and calmly. That moment passed...
(Mother Teresa, letter to Bishop Picachy, September 21, 1962)