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YEAR 1829
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Letter 132

TO LUCIA CISMONDI
She reassures her friend of her special love - Tells her about Holy
Communion offered for her - Progress of the Pious Union - She
recommends the Spiritual Exercises to be conducted for the Sodality.

HAIL TO THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS

My most gentle Sister
in the charity of Our Lord,

Praise and thanks to the gracious Jesus who grants me
this moment to spend in sweet conversation with the dearest
of all my Sisters. It’s a long time since I last wrote to you. To
me it seems very long indeed, because you are so dear to me.
I need not tell you that the reason for my delay was not
disregard for your person, because if you thought so you
would be doing me a real wrong. Rather, other engagements
robbed me of the time I would have devoted to writing to you.
I have greatly appreciated your last letter. It shook me
quite a bit out of my coldness in the service of God. For charity’s
sake, when you have time do write to me and reproach me for
my negligence in loving God. I need it very badly.

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