I ought to be as compassionate for the spiritual infirmities of my Sisters.

According to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the attentive care she receives during her illness teaches her to be as gentle with the inner weaknesses of others as one is with her sick body. Today, when someone seems clumsy, irritable or fragile to you, see their weakness as a wound to be tended: excuse them and offer them the gentleness you would like to receive.