God perfects your life to the extent that you let him

December 4
With repeated blows of sharp chisel and work diligently to polish them, usually the divine artist preparing the stones must enter the building eternal. So the Church sings the anthem of the office of the dedication of a church, and so indeed. In the long and varied test yours by choosing your state of life, the Lord, in his infinite goodness, adds the spiritual fear and trembling, with a complement of desolation.
Thank him, then, to treat you like a choice to follow Jesus closely in the ascent to Calvary. I contemplate with joy and excitement of spirit thus act of grace on thee, dearest daughter of my heart. If you do not look so shaken, not be so happy because you would see that the Lord gives less jewelry. That is why I, who strongly desire holy charity with your progress and joy and I am increasingly thinking of this situation.
(December 6, 1916, Herminia Gargani - Letters. III, p. 659)