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82 endured by our Lady at that time, and should be open to the charge of ingratitude were we to neglect to do so.

In the evening, then, think of the anguish of that most pure Virgin, on account of the Bloody Sweat, the seizing in the Garden, and all the untold sorrows which through that night her Blessed Son endured.

In the morning, condole with her for what she suffered when her Son was brought before Pilate and Herod, was condemned to die, and when He came forth bearing His Cross.

At noon, pass on to the thought of the sword of grief which pierced the heart of this afflicted Mother at the Lord's Crucifixion and Death, and at that most cruel piercing of His most sacred Side.

These meditations on the grief of the Blessed Virgin will serve you from Thursday evening till Saturday at noon, the former will suit the other days of the week. I leave all this, however, to be settled by your own devotional attraction, and by the opportunities which external objects afford.

But to conclude in few words, I will only add—as a general rule for governing the senses—be watchful that, in all the occurrences of your life, whatever they may be, you are not moved or drawn, either by love or hatred of them,