Today is the Feast of St Bernadette, so if that is your name, happy day. I thought I would simply share a few phrases of St Bernadette with you here goes: “O Jesus, I would rather die a thousand deaths than be unfaithful to you!” “I must die to myself continually and accept trials without complaining. I work, I suffer and I love with no other witness than his heart. Anyone who is not prepared to suffer all for the Beloved and to do his will in all things is not worthy of the sweet name of Friend, for here below, Love without suffering does not exist.” “I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them.” “I shall do everything for Heaven, my true home. There I shall find my Mother in all the splendour of her glory. I shall delight with her in the joy of Jesus himself in perfect safety.”