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 conscience, and to lose all blessedness to which are joined eternal damnation and the forfeiture of God Himself? For a what doth it profit me to gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of my own soul" and of my God, in comparison of whom all the world is even as nothing?

4. On the other hand, if I attain to this end I obtain the possession of God Himself, I shall save my soul, I shall have peace and cheerfulness of heart, I shall be protected by the Divine Providence, I shall find quietness and perpetual repose, as all things find in their end and centre. This, then, being so as it is, animate thyself, O my soul, to seek the end for which thou wast created by God, and herein employ all thy care, for there is nothing that more imports thee. Convert thyself to God who is thy rest, for beside Him all whatever else is torment. If thou servest God what wilt thou more? If God be thy possession, what wantest thou more? Delight Him in seeking Him, and be confident to obtain Him, for He loves His creatures, and takes contentment that they should obtain the end for which He created them.

Colloquy. — O infinite God, centre of my soul, convert me to Thee that I may take rest, for Thou madest me for Thee, and my heart is unquiet until it comes near to Thee. O eternal Father, seeing Thou didst create me that I might love Thee as a son, give grace for Thine own sake, that I may love Thee as a Father! 0 only-begotten Son of the Father and Redeemer of the world, seeing that Thou didst create me, and didst redeem me, that I might obey and imitate Thee, aid me that I may always obey Thee, and imitate Thee in all things. O Most Holy Ghost, seeing that of Thy goodness Thou didst create me to be sanctified, grant