QUOTATION: The Usual Condition of the Saints

The condition of the saints has been ordinarily one of dryness, not of sensible consolations.

--St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Way of Salvation and Perfection

QUOTATION: To Console

To console does not mean to take away the pain but rather to be there and say, "You are not alone, I am with you."

--Fr. Henri Nouwen