Inspirational quote from Ursuline sisters

Found while cleaning my office at Springfield College in Illinois, posted to the blog in 2006 and re-posted here for easy reference, an inpirational quote from the writings of St. Angela Merici, founder of the Ursuline order:

Do something,
get moving,
be confident,
risk new things,
stick with it,
then be ready for
BIG SURPRISES!

(as translated by Sr. Terry Eppridge, OSU)

I found it in a three-fold brochure promoting the Ursuline Companions in Mission, Central Region, Crystal City, Mo. It is a modern paraphrase of a passage in St. Angela's Counsels and Legacies, dictated to her scribe, Gabriele Cozzano, ca. 1539-40.

Since 2006, a translation from the Commentary on the Writings of Saint Angela Merici by M. Ignatius Stone, OSU, has been available on line. In that translation, the passage reads:

"Act, move, believe, strive, hope, cry out to him with all your heart, For without doubt you will see marvelous things, if you direct everything to the praise and glory of his Majesty and the good of souls. (Modern American translation: “Do something, get moving, be confident, risk new things, stick with it, get on your knees, then be ready for big surprises!”)

-- Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Maple Mount, Kentucky, 2009. http://ursulinesmsj.org/_uploads/SaintAngelaMericiwritings.pdf