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Meditation on my knees, for an hour. I did it with much
tranquillity and joy, so much so that the time passed almost
without my noticing it, and I ended it with sentiments of
tenderness and love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I really
understood that the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the only One that
can fully satisfy my heart.

Resolutions: In all my actions to be at one with what the
Sacred Heart of Jesus used to do, and to have deep trust in
Him.
During my Holy Communion I was also quiet and
recollected. In it the Lord made me feel that He is pleased with
my vows, that I should keep them with greater care, that they
are chains that unite me to Him, but that I should observe
them perfectly well.
The spiritual reading was on the necessity of loving God
and neighbour, and that in this holy love lies all that pertains to
holiness and perfection. I realized that I am very far from that
goal.
In my visit to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament I had a
great desire to give myself wholly to Him unreservedly.

THIRD MEDITATION

On the esteem I should have for creatures
in 3 points

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1 I have been thinking how wisely God created all
things that I may use them as steps of a ladder to climb up to
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Him, but instead, I have used them to offend Him. 2 I

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