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MAY GOD BE EVER GLORIFIED AND MARY LOVED BY ALL

Saturday, 20 September 1828

FIRST MEDITATION. On the importance of eternal salvation.
I prepared this Meditation with some fervour and with great
trust in Jesus Christ; I gave myself wholly to him and with trust
I implored his assistance to do these Holy Exercises well.
In this Meditation I reflected deeply on the importance of
saving my soul. Of what use would it be if I had all gifts:
natural and supernatural, and then lose my soul? I admired the
goodness of the Lord who, to make salvation more easily
accessible to me, provides simple, easy means to put me on
the path of holiness. I was alarmed at my failure to make good

use of the graces the Lord has granted me for my salvation,
but I was equally comforted by the thought that in his
goodness God is helping me even now to save my soul by the
most effective means of the Spiritual Exercises.

Resolutions: Not to neglect any means, however slight,
to save my soul; especially to respond to divine inspirations

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