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  1  Outl,   0(44)|                   Some authorities believe that, between December 11
  2  Unic,   1    |        even at so tender an age, I believe the Lord had given us sufficient
  3  Unic,   1    |           this in my simplicity, I believe it was of some avail to
  4  Unic,   1    |         has been mine alone, for I believe there is nothing more Thou
  5  Unic,   2    |            I absorbed in it that I believe, unless I had a new book,
  6  Unic,   2    |         experienced it I could not believe it. This is especially so
  7  Unic,   2    |                        At first, I believe, these things did me harm.
  8  Unic,   2    |           him, that he could never believe all the ill of me that I
  9  Unic,   3    |          life in such a way that I believe he is now rejoicing in God.
 10  Unic,   4    |           remember -- and I really believe this is true -- that when
 11  Unic,   4    |                                  I believe now that it was through
 12  Unic,   4    |         that great blessing; and I believe that, by the help of God,
 13  Unic,   4    |          had attacked me openly, I believe I should never in any way
 14  Unic,   5    |          my only obligation was to believe them, as they spoke to me
 15  Unic,   5    |         keep me from doing them. I believe God permitted these confessors
 16  Unic,   5    |         this state of blindness, I believe, for more than seventeen
 17  Unic,   5    |    incident of the spell, I do not believe there is the least truth
 18  Unic,   5    |            to help him, although I believe his liking for me did more;
 19  Unic,   5    |            affection for me; for I believe all men must have greater
 20  Unic,   5    |           power to think, though I believe my confession was complete
 21  Unic,   5    |     perilous state still. I do not believe I am straying far from the
 22  Unic,   6    |           that anyone who does not believe me will put what I say to
 23  Unic,   7    |          what they do is good; and believe it to be so, yet without
 24  Unic,   7    |           impossible. He led me to believe that I had imagined it all,
 25  Unic,   7    |    distressed by his illness and I believe I was able to return him
 26  Unic,   7    |      crystal-clear, they would not believe them to be such when they
 27  Unic,   7    |        great favours. And I do not believe I am speaking foolishly,
 28  Unic,   7    |        many dangers to be alone. I believe, if I had had anyone with
 29  Unic,   7    |            doing so, gain merit. I believe that anyone who discusses
 30  Unic,   7    |            to trust himself but to believe that God will help him in
 31  Unic,   7    |       weakest and wickedest; but I believe that anyone, however strong,
 32  Unic,   8    |        were many months -- once, I believe, there was as much as a
 33  Unic,   8    |          causes have changed; as I believe I have been serving God
 34  Unic,   8    |           of humility, but let him believe that the words cannot fail
 35  Unic,   8    |            how, nor could I really believe that things which my confessors
 36  Unic,   8    |         Lord to help me; but I now believe I must have failed to put
 37  Unic,   9    |            my confidence in God. I believe I told Him then that I would
 38  Unic,   9    |                                  I believe my soul gained great strength
 39  Unic,  10    |            in no sense a vision: I believe it is called mystical theology.
 40  Unic,  10    |         while the understanding, I believe, though it is not lost,
 41  Unic,  10    |          through vainglory. Let us believe that, when the devil begins
 42  Unic,  11    |          were centred in Heaven, I believe there is no doubt that this
 43  Unic,  11    |            of perfection, I do not believe he will ever go to Heaven
 44  Unic,  11    |            mystical theology, as I believe it is called): it is in
 45  Unic,  11    |          the practice of prayer. I believe myself that often in the
 46  Unic,  11    |        with His great treasures. I believe it is for our good that
 47  Unic,  11    |       after so many years?" Let us believe that it is all for our greater
 48  Unic,  11    |          go on their way. Let them believe that they are making a mistake
 49  Unic,  11    |            that it is so. Let them believe that it is an imperfection
 50  Unic,  11    |         finish their course, and I believe it is largely because they
 51  Unic,  13    |           good desires, but should believe that, with God's help, if
 52  Unic,  13    |       humility this must be, for I believe the devil does a great deal
 53  Unic,  13    |         tells us, or induces us to believe, that we who are sinners
 54  Unic,  13    |         other. And so they came to believe that there was nothing wrong
 55  Unic,  13    |          it can always be found. I believe myself that, if a person
 56  Unic,  14    |         the joys of glory. This, I believe, makes the virtues grow
 57  Unic,  14    |           in the Sacrament. We may believe that this is so, in very
 58  Unic,  14    |        displeased by it, because I believe we can both sing the same
 59  Unic,  15    |            to this point, I do not believe that, unless there are faults
 60  Unic,  15    |        saved me. For, as a rule, I believe, it can be due only to grave
 61  Unic,  15    |           to rise again. They must believe, and keep on believing,
 62  Unic,  15    |          sight of Infinite Wisdom, believe me, there is more value
 63  Unic,  15    |            of them here and now. I believe that, by God's help, I shall
 64  Unic,  16    |                       It is now, I believe, some five, or perhaps six,
 65  Unic,  16    |       nature of this difference. I believe it is because of Your Reverence'
 66  Unic,  16    | communicated this morning I cannot believe that it is I who am speaking
 67  Unic,  17    |   themselves alone one would never believe what a turmoil they make
 68  Unic,  17    |         and to do so as clearly, I believe, as in this life is possible.
 69  Unic,  18    |                              But I believe that the Lord will help
 70  Unic,  18    |             for the imagination, I believe, is also completely lost --
 71  Unic,  18    |      cannot possibly do other than believe. All the faculties now fail
 72  Unic,  18    |          said, it is impossible to believe they are active. If the
 73  Unic,  18    |          by grace; but I could not believe that, for, as I say, He
 74  Unic,  19    |   vainglory from it that it cannot believe it could ever be guilty
 75  Unic,  19    |      experience of it, I could not believe it. I write this for the
 76  Unic,  19    |         house, and indeed I do not believe that I ever shall unless
 77  Unic,  19    |        sign of the Cross: I do not believe I have ever passed through
 78  Unic,  19    |          spiritual people. I fully believe that, unless a soul brought
 79  Unic,  20    |          of receiving it, we might believe this cloud of great Majesty
 80  Unic,  20    |         grows in such a way that I believe its great distress sometimes
 81  Unic,  20    |  complaints of it, no one seems to believe her.~
 82  Unic,  20    |            be, but so it is; and I believe I would not change this
 83  Unic,  20    |           so wicked, I could never believe that it was wrong; it was
 84  Unic,  20    |    raptures brings it. Nobody will believe this without having had
 85  Unic,  20    |                                  I believe myself that a soul which
 86  Unic,  20    |        coveted it; though I do not believe I ever had to confess to
 87  Unic,  20    |         money and honour! I really believe this would be a remedy for
 88  Unic,  21    |           you think it wrong. But, believe me, I should say it better
 89  Unic,  21    |           so or thought they would believe me, for I commend them earnestly
 90  Unic,  21    |       experience, no one will ever believe what the Lord bestows on
 91  Unic,  22    |           the Holy Spirit came, to believe that He was God and Man,
 92  Unic,  22    |            what I read. I can well believe that anyone who attains
 93  Unic,  22    |            my present state, for I believe it to be mistaken. It may,
 94  Unic,  22    |       without a feeling of pain: I believe I was committing an act
 95  Unic,  22    |                                  I believe myself that this is the
 96  Unic,  22    |           carefully about it, as I believe I have said already. This
 97  Unic,  22    |         could not have imagined. I believe myself that, when a soul
 98  Unic,  22    |            to taste of God, do not believe them if they think they
 99  Unic,  23    |            has seemed to me. For I believe it to be impossible in so
100  Unic,  23    |         understanding, and make me believe it was a good thing, so
101  Unic,  23    |            has practised prayer, I believe, for nearly forty years --
102  Unic,  23    |            fly, though no one will believe this who has not experienced
103  Unic,  23    |          them myself. The fault, I believe, was not theirs: the Lord
104  Unic,  23    |           which was true: I do not believe I even understood the meaning
105  Unic,  24    |  friendship save with people who I believe love God and try to serve
106  Unic,  24    |           to do with him. I really believe this is the absolute truth.~
107  Unic,  25    |         affection and concern will believe he hears something telling
108  Unic,  25    |          and at that time I do not believe there is any seeing, hearing
109  Unic,  25    |            doubtful, and failed to believe what was said to me, and
110  Unic,  25    |        clearly wrong; but often, I believe, even this first step will
111  Unic,  25    |        came from God, I should not believe it. The position is that,
112  Unic,  25    |            that I myself could not believe it, I developed a most serious
113  Unic,  25    |        then, could I do other than believe them? So I made every possible
114  Unic,  25    |           every possible effort to believe what they said, realizing
115  Unic,  26    |           to feel so strong that I believe I could have set out on
116  Unic,  26    |          unsettling my mind: yet I believe he is the confessor who
117  Unic,  26    |            my confessors would not believe me and would make fun of
118  Unic,  26    |          what I have said. I truly believe that anyone who has had
119  Unic,  27    |           desire this change or to believe that I was being led by
120  Unic,  27    |            devil; I did my best to believe this, and to desire the
121  Unic,  27    |            me who he was, I should believe him, but I could not affirm
122  Unic,  27    |            spiritual things that I believe no turmoil is caused by
123  Unic,  27    |             When it is the case, I believe that we ourselves do nothing
124  Unic,  27    |         the Spouse in the Songs, I believe, says this to the Bride:
125  Unic,  27    |                             For we believe that God is better pleased
126  Unic,  27    |           going to rest. I did not believe this, but repeated it to
127  Unic,  28    |       exceeding great power that I believe it would be impossible to
128  Unic,  28    |           case, I should certainly believe them rather than my own
129  Unic,  28    |         poor, I could not possibly believe that this was delusion,
130  Unic,  28    |           I concluded, I could not believe that, if the devil were
131  Unic,  28    |            with people who did not believe him but thought I was going
132  Unic,  28    |       truth about everything and I believe the Sacrament itself gave
133  Unic,  30    |      strong that she could not but believe that what most people said
134  Unic,  30    |           I could more confidently believe. He derived great happiness
135  Unic,  30    |          was deceiving me, I would believe it. In reality, none of
136  Unic,  30    |         enough or secure enough to believe in him rather than in the
137  Unic,  30    |           me harm here. My will, I believe, is good, and well-disposed
138  Unic,  30    |        original sin; it is this, I believe, that has made us incapable
139  Unic,  30    |          some service. I do really believe I love Him, but my actions
140  Unic,  31    |     outward disquiet that I do not believe I could have endured them
141  Unic,  31    |          can do a great deal and I believe the sisters in this house
142  Unic,  31    |          to help themselves. And I believe my soul would have been
143  Unic,  31    |            this, for many souls, I believe, go wrong here and want
144  Unic,  31    |            his reputation, let him believe what I say and put this
145  Unic,  31    |                   Let such persons believe me, then: for the love of
146  Unic,  31    |          love of the Lord let them believe this little ant, for she
147  Unic,  31    |        this determination I do not believe the Lord will ever allow
148  Unic,  32    |          to live for many years, I believe it would be impossible for
149  Unic,  32    |            the Lord, Who, as I now believe, has delivered me from such
150  Unic,  32    |        good of souls: for I really believe that, to deliver a single
151  Unic,  33    |     Provincial suddenly changed. I believe, and it has since become
152  Unic,  33    |         nothing. This nobody could believe, not even the very persons,
153  Unic,  33    |         confessor could not really believe that I was not. It seemed
154  Unic,  33    |          that my confessor did not believe me, the Lord told me not
155  Unic,  33    |           and happiness -- more, I believe, than I had ever before
156  Unic,  34    |            sinful fuss -- though I believe that, despite her being
157  Unic,  34    |            again. This happened, I believe, no less than three times,
158  Unic,  34    |          do it without fail, and I believe I promised God that I would,
159  Unic,  34    |          must have prepared him to believe that they came from His
160  Unic,  34    |                   All this good, I believe, has come to him from the
161  Unic,  35    |           God's house (for such, I believe, it is) and this dwelling
162  Unic,  36    |            not more than a week, I believe -- and during that time
163  Unic,  36    |     suffering such great trials. I believe what they had been saying
164  Unic,  36    |           we have suffered will, I believe, have been endured to good
165  Unic,  36    |            and as base as I. And I believe myself that, as the Lord
166  Unic,  37    |           it is hard for anyone to believe they can have been granted
167  Unic,  37    |       friend, because He is not, I believe, like those whom we call
168  Unic,  37    |            recognized, no one will believe he is a king if there is
169  Unic,  37    |          the fire more and more. I believe the best thing is for the
170  Unic,  37    |         endure it? Verily, Lord, I believe that, if it were possible
171  Unic,  37    |            and please God they may believe us!~
172  Unic,  38    |          amazed, so much so that I believe several days must have gone
173  Unic,  39    |          way in which, as I firmly believe, He favours me, for, on
174  Unic,  39    |        whom I was much indebted. I believe more than a month passed
175  Unic,  39    |           causes me no distress to believe this. I praise His Majesty
176  Unic,  39    |            debtor than ever, and I believe He increases my desires
177  Unic,  39    |         bring myself resolutely to believe that it would be so, and
178  Unic,  39    |          it -- I mean, I could not believe that it would not turn out
179  Unic,  39    |       repeating to myself -- and I believe I mean what I say. They
180  Unic,  39    |      greatest confusion; for, as I believe I have said on other occasions
181  Unic,  39    |       should be doing wrong not to believe them.~
182  Unic,  40    |            the Divine Scripture. I believe that there is no obstacle
183  Unic,  40    |            He has not failed me. I believe there are few who have acquired
184  Unic,  40    |    greatest confusion and shame. I believe, if it had been the Lord'
185  Unic,  40    |         God! -- very little; for I believe the Lord has chosen this