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O my God, if I might be made worthy to give my life for the good of souls and to put an end to all this malice, what a comfort this would be!

When it seems to you that the little bark of your soul is about to break, throw out into the sea of tribulation the anchor of hope and have confidence in the divine help. Have no fear that the most merciful God will allow himself to be surpassed by your confidence; He loves our souls so much that He gives much more than we ask of Him.

Take pains to be peaceful, but not with a certain kind of peace that never wishes to experience what war is; for to arrive at a true peace according to God, one must acquire it through its opposite.

Embrace the whole world in the bond of love and love all creatures always with pure charity, that is, without the least attachment or disordered affection, and only because God loves them and wants you to love them.

Be indifferent in all things; and let it be the same to you to do one thing as to do another, to have one office as to have another.

You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward.

Remember that you are in exile and therefore do not wish to act as if you were in your fatherland.