My dear sister, I prayed a lot for you at the manger; may the little Jesus, full of grace and goodness, grant you His greatest graces and comforts!
We still do not have accommodation for the winter and moreover the owner has ordered us to leave this house!
Good God does everything so well and we have received so many proofs of that, that more than ever I completely surrender myself to Providence; it is so pleasant, I do what I can, but without any agitation. Is it not working? Fine! God has other plans then! I go on; if it succeeds, so be it, if not, I keep going. Poor people, who do not know God's love for His creatures and whose lives are so difficult due to their fears, how I pity them!
(Empress Zita of Habsburg /1892–1989/, letter to Sister Hilaria, January 12, 1923,
in the situation of being a new widow with eight small children, in exile without a permanent home)
