O living Host, support me in this my exile, and keep me going, so that I may follow faithfully in the Saviour’s footsteps. I do not ask You, O Lord, to take me down from my cross, but I beg You to give me the strength to persevere on it. I want to be stretched out on my cross just as You were, O Jesus; I want to suffer all the pain and torture that You suffered; I want to drink all the gall in my cup, down to the last drop (Diary 1484).