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 Him by  an  habitual  loving-mindfulness  of  heart,  a  kind  of instinct  which  is  no  uncommon  growth  of  prayer,  and comes sooner  than  would  be  expected  when  men  strive  to serve  God  out  of  the  single  motive  of  holy  love.

For the  perfection  of  our  ordinary  actions,  we  should  do them  in  the  sight  of  Jesus,  that  is,  to  use  the  words  of  the missal, by  Christ,  with  Christ,  and  in  Christ  To  do  our actions by  Christ,  is  to  do  them  in  dependence  upon  Him, as He  did  everything  in  dependence  on  His  Father,  and by the  movement  of  His  Spirit. To do  our  actions  with Christ is  to  practise  the  same  virtues  as  our  Lord,  to  clothe ourselves with  the  same  dispositions,  and  to  act  from the same  intentions,  all  according  to  the  measure  of  the lowliness of  our  possibilities. To do  our  actions  in  Christ is to  unite  ours  with  His,  and  to  offer  them  to  God  along with His,  so  that  for  the  sake  of  His,  they  may  be  accepted on high.

Father Faber.

Growth in Holiness.

When one  speaks  of  the  presence  of  God,  there  are  two ways of  looking  upon  it. The first,  is  that  God  is  present to us,  that  is  to  say,  that  we  think  of  Him,  and  that,  in  the eyes of  faith,  we  look  upon  His  Divine  Being  as  intimately present in  the  place  in  which  we  are. The second,  is  that we are  present  to  God,  that  is  to  say,  that  He  sees  us,  and is always  looking  upon  us,  so  that  nothing  escapes  His observation — words, deeds,  thoughts,  desires,  and  intentions— and  that  wherever  we  may  be,  we  may  always  have Him for  a  spectator,  witness,  and  judge  of  all  that  we  do. That should  we  act  well  or  ill,  such  actions  are  always  in His  presence  and  before  His  eyes.