“Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow. my sorrow may serve Him. My sickness, my perplexity or sorrow may be necessary causes of some great end, which is beyond me. He does nothing in vain; He may prolong my life. He may shorten it; he knows what He is about, He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sick, hide my future from me — still He knows what He is about — I ask not to see — I ask not to know —- I simply ask to be used.”

-John Henry Newman