I live as a son of the holy Roman Church in which I hope always to live and to die. Obtain for me from the Lord not to abuse, more than I have done, so many occasions for sanctifying myself. Regard me as a needy man whose faith is amid the obscure shadows of infidelity; his hope, amid frequent and protracted trials; his charity amid a thousand occasions of worldliness unavoidable by anyone who is not altogether blind.

-St Isaac Jogues