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 compassion for sinners, to obtain their conversion, I pray Thee, O my God, that I may be bruised by the just souls who are round about me. Again, I beg that the oil of praise, so sweet to nature, anoint not my head, that is to say, enervate not my mind, by making me believe that I possess virtues which I have only with difficulty practised several times.

"O my Jesus! Thy Name is as oil poured out; it is in this divine perfume that I wish to be wholly bathed, far away from the notice of creatures."

At the close of her life she was able to say: "I used so to rise above all things, that I drew strength from humiliations."

"God has a special love for you," remarked a young Sister, "since to you He entrusts other souls."

"That does not add anything to me, and I am only really just what I am in