Depressed?

Maybe you're feeling depressed or gloomy because of the weather, the economy, your family, your whatever. Saint Padre Pio has some words of encouragement for you: "Your suffering is by no means a chastisement [from God], because nobody fears being unworthy when he truly is or wants to be such. This uncertainty is permitted to all the living by God, in order to avoid their being presumptuous, and in order that they move cautiously as regards their eternal salvation. . . . Even the martyrs believed while they suffered. The most beautiful Credo is that pronounced in darkness, in times of sacrifice and when you have to make a great effort to do this." (Letters 3, page 549)

So don't be so hard on yourself, dear friend. God loves you and hasn't cast you aside just because you're feeling low. You are precious in His sight and nothing will change that.