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my mind in His holy presence, and recalling it as
often as I found it wandered from Him. I found no
small pain in this exercise, and yet I continued it, notwithstanding all the difficulties that occurred, without
troubling or disquieting myself when my mind had wandered involuntarily. I made this my business as much
all the day long as at the appointed times of prayer;
for at all times, every hour, every minute, even in the
height of my business, I drove away from my mind
everything that was capable of interrupting my thought
of GOD.
Such has been my common practice ever since I
entered in religion; and though I have done it very
imperfectly, yet I have found great advantages by it.
These, I well know, are to be imputed to the mere
mercy and goodness of GOD, because we can do nothing without Him, and I still less than any. But when
we are faithful to keep ourselves in His holy presence,
and set Him always before us, this not only hinders
our offending Him and doing anything that may displease Him, at least wilfully, but it also begets in us a
holy freedom, and, if I may so speak, a familiarity with
GOD, wherewith we ask, and that successfully, the graces
we stand in need of. In fine, by often repeating these
acts, they become habitual, and the presence of GOD
rendered as it were natural to us. Give Him thanks,
if you please, with me, for His great goodness toward
me, which I can never sufficiently admire, for the many
favors He has done to so miserable a sinner as I am.
May all things praise Him. Amen.
I am, in our Lord,
Yours, etc
