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 *selves, or seeking to be allowed, a thousand things which would render the religious life pleasant and comfortable.

When some one rings for us, or knocks at our door, we must mortify ourselves so as not even to do one stitch more before answering. I have practised that; and it is, I assure you, a source of peace.

Do you know my Sundays and festivals? They are the days when the good God tries me the most.

Sœur Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus says that she has not done any great penances: that is because her fervour counted as nothing those which were allowed her. It nevertheless happened that she became ill from wearing for too long a time a small iron cross, of which the sharp points were sunk into her flesh.