- “Once while in church before morning prayer, I looked toward the Blessed Sacrament and said: ‘My Lord, I am certain that I am not sufficient to give you the thanks that I owe for the innumerable benefits you have granted me in your infinite goodness. I beg you, sweet Spouse of my soul, grant that I may do what is pleasing to you. But what can I give you for so many gifts given to me, who am so wretched?’
Then, the good Jesus answered me with much sweetness: ‘I want you to give me love for love. The graces and gifts that I gave you, I did it for love alone. Likewise, all I ask and want from you is love and that I alone may possess your heart.’” - Blessed Julia of Milan, Poor Clare