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 meat?" and St. Peter confesses his helplessness: "''Lord we have laboured all night and have taken nothing." It is enough! The Heart of Jesus is touched Perhaps if the Apostle had taken a few little fishes the Divine Master would not have worked a miracle; but he had nothing'', and so through God's power and goodness his nets were soon filled with great fishes.

That is just our Lord's way. He gives as God, but He will have humility of heart.

To think ourselves imperfect, and others perfect—that is happiness. That creatures should recognize we are without virtue takes nothing from us, makes us no poorer; it is they who by this lose interior joy; for there is nothing sweeter than to think well of our neighbour.

It is a great joy to me, not only when others find me imperfect, but above all