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the same practices because I was eager to meet your request.
With regard to what you tell me about the Sodality of St
Aloysius: to tell you the truth, for two years now I have desired,
and I feel that the Lord too wishes, that you do what you can
for such a beautiful cause but - I don’t know why - I never told
you about this wish of mine.
However, to make sure both of us are doing the right thing, I
have sought the advice of our Reverend Superior, taking care
to let him know your difficulties as well.
He too told me that you should undertake with confidence an
initiative which will certainly be pleasing to God and beneficial
to young girls. And so, take this enterprise in hand with much
fervour and have trust in St Aloysius, who will do himself what
you cannot cope with. He will take such care of the girls you
entrust to him, that I really trust not a single one of them will go
astray.
You tell me that the Lord wants from us something more
during this Carnival Time. The note I am enclosing is meant for

the two of us, and we have for it the approval and obedience
of Rev. Superior.
If God gives you any other inspiration, you will be doing me an
exquisite kindness in suggesting it to me.
Yesterday I offered my holy Communion for you. I
prayed our gentle Jesus to graciously let me know his designs
over you; I seem to have understood that he wants you to
make every effort to adorn your heart ever more beautifully
with virtue, because he has chosen it for his dwelling place,
particularly during this time when he is forsaken by so many.

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