Chelsea Zimmerman

“Help me, Gunnulf,” begged Kristin. She was white to the very edge of her lips. “I don’t know my own will.” “Then say: Thy will be done,” replied the priest softly.”
― Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter

“The slow pace of our perfection has to be borne with patience, provided that on our part we always do whatever we can to continue advancing.”
― St. Francis de Sales

“The blood that ran down from the cross in redemption for all sins and penance for all sorrows—that was the visible sign.”
― Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter

“They received food from the monks at the churches they visited, and when they drank the blood-red wine and broke off the golden crust from the bread made of wheat, all four priests from the barley lands understood why Christ had honored wine and wheat, which were purer than all other foodstuffs that God had given humankind, by manifesting himself in their likeness during the holy communion.”
― Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter