France, April 1622: "Plant Jesus Christ crucified in your heart, and all the crosses of this world will seem to be roses." (letter of St. Francis de Sales)
"The sun looks at a rose, along with a thousand million other flowers, just as much as if it looked upon the rose alone. And God, though He loves a countless number of other souls, does not pour out His love upon one soul less than if He loved that soul alone..." (St. Francis de Sales)
