A little drop of simple obedience is worth a million times more than a whole vase full of the choicest contemplations.—St. Mary Magdalene Di Pazzi

We read of a holy nun who was one day enjoying the company of the Infant Jesus in her cell, when she was sent for by her Superioress. Begging Him to wait for her, she went to obey the summons, and when she returned she found Him no longer an infant, but wearing the form of a full-grown youth.  By this He intended to show her how much her prompt obedience had caused Him to grow spiritually in her heart in so short a time.

One day, when St. Frances of Rome was reciting the Office of the Blessed Virgin, she was interrupted four times while repeating a single antiphon, by the voice of her husband calling her.  Each time she answered promptly, and when she returned the fourth time, she found the antiphon written in letters of gold.