When I see people very anxious to know what
sort of prayer they practise, covering their faces
and afraid to move oir think, lest they should lose
any slight tenderness and devotion they feel, I
know how little they understand how to attain
union with God, since they think it consists in
such things as these.
No. our Lord expects works from us!
If you see someone sick whom you can relieve,
never fear losing your devotion; have compassion
on her; if she is in pain, feel it as if it were your
own, and, when there is need, fast so that she
may eat, not so much for her sake as because you
know your Lord asks it of you.
This is the true union of your will with the will
of God.
If someone else is well spoken of, be more pleased
than if it were yourself; this is easy enough, for if
you were really humble it would vex you to be
praised.
I you possess fraternal charity, I assure you that
you will attain the union I have described.
