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 To draw near to Jesus we must be so little Oh! how few souls aspire to be little and unknown

I am no longer surprised at anything, nor do I grieve at seeing that I am frailty itself; on the contrary I glory in it, and expect to discover new imperfections in myself each day. These lights concerning my nothingness do me more good, I affirm, than lights regarding faith.

When we commit a fault we must not think it due to a physical cause, such as illness or the weather, we must attribute this fall to our imperfection, but without ever growing discouraged.

Since Jesus has gone back to Heaven I can follow Him only by the path He has traced. Oh how luminous are His