...At prayer remain with the higher part of your soul
attentive to God and make nothing out of the distractions that keep fluttering
around your soul, importunate thoughts, and the like. But be quiet. I am
speaking about the higher part of your soul, and use the prayer of Jesus in
agony in the garden. The gentle Jesus remained in his divine prayer in agony and
sweat blood, and no complaint came from his mouth. He said more than once: “My
Father, may your Will be done.” Oh, highest and sweetest prayer! In these divine
words all of sanctity is contained. So should you act in this way, my blessed
daughter. In the midst of great desolation and agony of spirit, speak to the
Sovereign Father, speak to him in the intimate center of your soul in a pure
spirit of faith and love: “My Father, My Father, let your Will be done.” Then
say: “Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.” Then die that mystical death
that is more precious and more desirable than life. Then abandon your soul into
the hands of God, and you will see the marvels that His Divine Majesty will work
in it.
~Paul of the Cross to Anna Maria Calcagnini (Calcagnini's
11th letter
on December 31, 1768 in Vol. 3 on Page 468 for Paul's Letter 1767)