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night, and even in the midst of my work, I will always remain in
the presence of my God. I will diligently examine myself and
see what is disturbing this holy exercise, and after telling my
Confessor, I will carry out his recommendations with the
utmost care. I will pay a spiritual visit to my Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament every time I hear the church bells ringing
or striking the hour.
3. I will try really hard to give up my own will in order to
carry out solely Jesus’ will. Every single thing, down to the
most ordinary, I will accept gladly from his hands. I will do my
very best to attend to the smallest things faithfully and
thoroughly well. I will cherish the hidden virtues that grow at
the foot of the Cross: simplicity, graciousness, right intention,
humility, poverty, absolute detachment, obedience, gentleness,
inner quiet; I will do my utmost to please God alone in
everything, to seek only his glory, and to desire nothing else
besides Him.
4. Charity, for your sake, is what I want to practise as
much as I can. I will do my best to carry out my vow of charity
in every detail, but in order to blend this virtue with holy
humility, I will try to make it a point that whatever is likely to
attract attention and popularity, I will let it be done by others.
From now on I will seize those opportunities of doing what is
likely to gain for myself only fault-finding, derision, poor
response, rudeness, etc. Lord, I sincerely beg you to humble
my pride.
5. So many times I have said that I want to become a
saint, but I have never done anything about it. From now on, I
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