We Never Walk Alone

so saith Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman:

...thou hast but to kneel down reverently in prayer, and thou art at once in the society of Saints and Angels.

Wherever thou art, thou canst, through God’s incomprehensible mercy, in a moment bring thyself into the midst of God’s holy Church invisible, and receive secretly that aid, the very thought of which is a present sensible blessing.

Art thou afflicted? Thou canst pray. Art thou merry? Thou canst sing psalms.

Art thou lonely? Does the day run heavily? Fall on thy knees, and thy thoughts are at once relieved by the idea and by the reality of thy unseen companions.

Art thou tempted to sin? Think steadily of those who perchance witness thy doings from God’s secret dwelling-place.

Hast thou lost friends? realize them by faith. Art thou slandered? Thou hast the praise of Angels. Art thou under trial? Thou hast their sympathy.