List of points

I don’t ask you to take away my feelings, Lord, because I can use them to serve you with: but I ask you to put them through the crucible.

Christ is nailed to the Cross. And you?… Still taken up with your whims and fancies — or rather, nailed by them!

Think of the good that has been done you throughout your lifetime by those who have injured or attempted to injure you.

—Others call such people their enemies. You should imitate the saints, at least in this. You are nothing so special that you should have enemies; so call them “benefactors”. Pray to God for them: as a result, you will come to like them.