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happiness of having drawn many souls to the love of our good
God. Let us have a preferential love for the poor. They are the
living image of Jesus Christ. Let us help them as much as we
can, even if it may cost us at times. Let us remember that in so
doing we are sure to please our most loving Jesus. This
should be a sufficient reason to urge us to do it promptly and
eagerly. In short, let us set the world aside and love God,
abhor worldly vanities and seek humiliations, shun worldly
honours and crave for the dishonour of the Cross: in a word,
let us try to imitate our Spouse in a manner worthy of Him, and
we shall one day be very glad to have done so.

You will say that I am eager to play the Teacher in
spirituality, while I am not even a good pupil. You are quite
right, for this is part of my subtle pride that likes to teach, not to
be taught. However, I know I can count on you to be kind and
understanding, and ask you to be a teacher to me, too; I will

really appreciate it as a precious gift from you.

I always keep you in my prayers to God. However, I
suggest we could make a ‘pact’: to offer our Holy Communion
once a week for each other. I stop here because I am too tired
to write any more, certainly not out of any fear that you get
bored. And let me tell you: you really wrong me every time you
say that you are afraid you may tire me out, as if a friend or
rather an affectionate sister, could get tired reading the news
of a companion. Even if your letters ran on for hundreds of

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