“May God pour down every blessing on you, your family, your children. He (Christ) who emptied himself with such generosity so as to enrich men and comfort them in every need will not do less for one who loves and serves Him from the depths of his (or her) being. Wait patiently for His consolation.”
Placid Riccardi (1844-1915) in “letter to his brother, 1906” as recounted in The Quotable Saint ed. Rosemary Ellen Guiley (New York: Visionary Living, 2002) 85.
Where do you find consolation? We are learning that the culture calls us to find comfort and consolation in things rather than God and His generosity. But when our consolation is appropriately rooted in God, often He pours out spiritual and material blessings that are better than anything we could sort for ourselves.