The moment when we were in a state of beggary...

What was the cross you carried in your life, which JESUS bore, will gradually become his cross that you will bear, but you will not be alone; his greatest love will support you.

There are times when the waves crash over our heads. But God and his love are always there. He does not love us any less for it. Later we will understand that those moments when we felt like beggars were perhaps the peak moments of our lives.

(Cardinal Charles Journet /1891–1975/, correspondence)