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Introduction - Preface - First Conversation - Second Conversation - Third Conversation - Fourth Conversation - First Letter - Second Letter - Third Letter - Fourth Letter - Fifth Letter - Sixth Letter - Seventh Letter - Eighth Letter - Ninth Letter - Tenth Letter - Eleventh Letter - Twelfth Letter - Thirteenth Letter - Fourteenth Letter - Fifteenth Letter - Contents -

has hitherto proved unsuccessful, and your malady still increases, it will not be tempting GOD to abandon yourself in His hands and expect all from Him.

I told you in my last that He sometimes permits bodily diseases to cure the distempers of the soul. Have courage, then; make a virtue of necessity. Ask of GOD, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear resolutely, for the love of Him, all that He should please, and as long as He shall please.

Such prayers, indeed, are a little hard to nature, but most acceptable to GOD, and sweet to those that love Him. Love sweetens pains; and when one loves GOD, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage. Do you so, I beseech you; comfort yourself with Him, who is the only Physician of all our maladies. He is the Father of the afflicted, always ready to help us. He loves us infinitely, more than we imagine. Love Him, then, and seek no consolation elsewhere. I hope you will soon receive it. Adieu. I will help you with my prayers, poor as they are, and shall always be, in our Lord,

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FOURTEENTH LETTER

(To the Same)

I render thanks to our Lord for having relieved you a little, according to your desire. I have been often near expiring, but I never was so much satisfied as then. Accordingly, I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility, and love. Ah, how sweet it is to suffer with GOD ! However great the sufferings may be, receive them

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