My ideal isn’t to lengthen my life but to sanctify my soul.
Souls, souls for God! I don’t want them to be condemned. Help me to obtain this!
Be humble and recollected, bear the presence of God and keep silent.
Ask God often for humility of heart.
Blessed Josefa Naval Girbés
Collected sayings of “Señora Pepa”
Note: Blessed Pepa died on 24 February 1893 after a life spent in the service of her parish and the catechesis of youth in her small town. She was beatified by St. John Paul II on 25 September 1988.
Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product.
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