Jane hearing Francis preach
           during Lent 1604.

From her writings . . .

     "Above all we must love the good pleasure of God, accepting with equanimity things both agreeable and things painful, trusting everything to Him Who disposes of all things for the good of His children.
      How delightful it is to see the servants of God gaining their livelihood by the labor of their hands, and having no other tomorrow than that of Divine Providence!
     To pay no attention to an injury heals more evil in an hour than revengeful thoughts could ever bring to pass.
     The life of man is deceitful and short. Eternity approaches. Let us advance towards it by a faithful practice of those virtues which, by the grace of God, may obtain for us its happy possession.
     Though we should fall fifty times a day, let us rise again quite simply, without wasting thought in self-reflections on what we may have done or left undone. Such useless discouragements are often greater faults than the ones that so disturb us.
     If we follow His plans for us, though heaven and earth should be overturned, in truth it does not matter whether we suffer or enjoy, so long as the Divine Will be accomplished."

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