In my opinion, I have received all your letters and felt all your sorrows, troubles, and loneliness, which always call out to me so much with their silence that my pen cannot express it all. All of this is a pounding and striking on the soul, to love more... (…) To those who truly love God, He Himself takes care of their affairs, so they need not worry about them.
(John of the Cross, letter to Mrs. Juana de Pedraza, January 28, 1589)