From all of this, I will compose a song of praise.

Blessed are those who are written in the book of life. However, if you are one of them, my soul, why are you still sad and why do you disturb me? Hope in God, for I will once again confess my sins to Him and bear witness to the manifestations of His mercy. From all this I will compose a song of praise with constant sighs to my Savior and my God.

(Teresa of Jesus, The Cry of the Soul to God, 17:6;
translated by Vojtěch Kohut OCD)