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 but in  a  more  efficacious  manner. He is  with  me  to  help me, to  support  me,  to  act  with  me,  to  work  with  me. I can do  nothing  without  Him,  but  also  I  can  do  everything with Him. I cannot  make  the  least  movement,  conceive the least  desire,  do  the  smallest  action,  unless  He  lends  me His  help  and  assistance,  even  when  I  would  wish  to  offend Him. What condescension! Why ought  I  to  abuse  it? But He  always  accommodates  Himself  to  my  inclinations; He subjects  Himself  to  my  will. Is it  not  reasonable  that I should  subject  my  will  to  His? He concurs  always  with me. Is it  not  right  and  just  that  I  should  act  in  concert with Him?

Not only  does  God  act  within  me,  but  He  also  acts with every  creature  for  me. It is  for  me  that  He  gives light and  warmth  to  the  sun,  that  He  refreshes  me  with the breeze,  that  He  cheers  me  with  the  fire;  should  I not  be  unjust  if  I  did  not  make  use  of  these  creations  for His glory  alone? Should I  not  be  ungrateful  if  I  basely converted such  blessings  into  opportunities  of  sinning against Him  who  created  them  for  me?

Le Pere Nepveu.

''Christian Reflections.

We do  our  works  in  the  presence  of  God,  when  we  practise the  presence  of  God  while  we  do  them. There are  six ways of  practising  the  presence  of  God  which  are  given  in books,  and  from  which  souls  should  select  those  which  are most suited  to  them,  but  not  try  to  practise  more  than  one.

The first,  is  to  try  to  realise  God  as  He  is  in  heaven; the second,  to  regard  ourselves  in  Him  as  in  His  immensity;  the  third,  is  to  look  at  each  creature  as  if  it  were a sacrament  having  God  hidden  under  it;  the  fourth,  is to  think  of  Him,  and  see  Him  by  pure  faith;  the  fifth,  is to  look  at  Him  as  in  ourselves  rather  than  outside  of  us, though He  is  both;  and  the  sixth,  is  to  gravitate  towards