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Rh command that I should love my enemies, therefore I must do so."

The third aid is to behold in your enemies the living image of God, Who at their creation gave it to them, and thus to excite your love and esteem for it.

The fourth, to regard further the ineffable ransom wherewith Christ redeemed them, not with silver and gold, but with His Own Blood, and so exert yourself that it be not shed in vain, lost, and trodden under foot.

XAMINATION of conscience by diligent persons is usually made three times a day; before dinner, before vespers, and before going to bed. But if this cannot be done by some one, at least let him not neglect the examination in the evening. If God twice looked upon the works He had done for man, shall not man look more than once upon what he does for God, and for which he will moreover have to render to Him a strict account?

The examination should be made in the following way. First, seek light from God that