Part, Chapter

  1  Intr,   0|         book (Chaps. 27-42) -- the Lord's Prayer. These CHAPTERs,
  2  Argo,   0|             with the favour of Our Lord and of the glorious Virgin,
  3  Prot     |     Therefore, for the love of Our Lord, I beg the learned men who
  4  Prol     |     prayers, by means of which the Lord may be pleased to enable
  5  Prol,   0|           things, according as the Lord reveals them to me and as
  6  Prol,   0|           this way at all. May the Lord lay His hand on all that
  7  Prol,   0|     progress in the service of the Lord. It may be that this love,
  8  Prol,   0|            of others, or which the Lord has not taught me in prayer.~
  9  Prol,   0|           to me necessary. May the Lord direct this, as I have begged
 10  Unic,   1|           revelations by which the Lord showed me how well He would
 11  Unic,   1|          matter, I wept before the Lord and entreated Him to remedy
 12  Unic,   1|           all I should like in the Lord's service, and as my whole
 13  Unic,   1|           thus be able to give the Lord some pleasure, and all of
 14  Unic,   1|    everything we could to aid this Lord of mine Who is so much oppressed
 15  Unic,   1|     Sacraments? Do they not think, Lord of my soul, that they have
 16  Unic,   1|                  It is certain, my Lord, that in these days withdrawal
 17  Unic,   1|        through the goodness of the Lord, are free from that pestilential
 18  Unic,   1|          me to entreat this of the Lord, Who has brought you together
 19  Unic,   2|      Joseph's! For the love of the Lord, let us not forget this:
 20  Unic,   2|     everything. Let those whom the Lord wishes to live on an income
 21  Unic,   2|          move everyone, Who is the Lord of all money and of all
 22  Unic,   2|            they were slain for the Lord's sake, and their bliss
 23  Unic,   2|         the fewest worries and the Lord knows that, as far as I
 24  Unic,   2|            not sure if that is the Lord's doing, but I have noticed
 25  Unic,   2|           disappear. I hope in the Lord that this will not be so
 26  Unic,   2|            their own good that the Lord has enabled me to realize
 27  Unic,   2|         next.) For the love of the Lord, then, [I beg you] now that
 28  Unic,   2|           counsels given us by the Lord, to imitate His Majesty
 29  Unic,   2|            this must have been the Lord's will, for I never intended
 30  Unic,   3|     principal reason for which the Lord has brought us together
 31  Unic,   3|         the whole country, and the Lord of the country, hard pressed,
 32  Unic,   3|       proficient in the way of the Lord. And as most of these are
 33  Unic,   3|          have laboured to help the Lord.~
 34  Unic,   3|         yet how much we owe to the Lord for bringing us to a place
 35  Unic,   3|           nor to be allowed by the Lord to leave their cells, for
 36  Unic,   3|            described, and that the Lord may prepare those who are
 37  Unic,   3|          but a very heavy one, the Lord may have them in His hand
 38  Unic,   3|         souls profit by it and the Lord is honoured! Make no account
 39  Unic,   3|            And for the love of the Lord I beg you to beseech His
 40  Unic,   3|          But I have confidence, my Lord, in these servants of Thine
 41  Unic,   3|            Thou wert in the world, Lord, Thou didst not despise
 42  Unic,   3|            our just petition. Yet, Lord I cannot believe this of
 43  Unic,   3|           sake? Not for ourselves, Lord, for we do not deserve to
 44  Unic,   3|                              Alas, Lord, who is it that has dared
 45  Unic,   3|        right and just. But behold, Lord, Thou art a God of mercy;
 46  Unic,   3|            wrought to Christendom, Lord; give light to this darkness.~
 47  Unic,   3|                For the love of the Lord, my sisters, I beg you to
 48  Unic,   3|         him continually before the Lord. If your prayers and desires
 49  Unic,   3|           the object for which the Lord has brought you here.~
 50  Unic,   4|          great care, I hope in the Lord that He will grant our requests.
 51  Unic,   4|          advance a long way in the Lord's service, while, unless
 52  Unic,   4|         are much mistaken. May the Lord help me in this task and
 53  Unic,   4|          things; may it please the Lord that we do the things which
 54  Unic,   4|      inward and outward, which the Lord so earnestly recommended
 55  Unic,   4|         other. For the love of the Lord, refrain from making individual
 56  Unic,   4|          very great one, since Our Lord has so strongly commended
 57  Unic,   4|     practicable, and I hope in the Lord that it will be so.~
 58  Unic,   4|      conscience. But I hope in the Lord that He will not allow persons
 59  Unic,   5|                            May the Lord grant, for His Majesty's
 60  Unic,   5|    superior,26 for the love of the Lord, to allow a holy liberty
 61  Unic,   5|           and the more favours the Lord grants you in prayer, the
 62  Unic,   5|           all; so, for love of the Lord, I beg whoever is Bishop
 63  Unic,   5|       after so many prayers to the Lord that He would enlighten
 64  Unic,   5|            certainly done. May the Lord be pleased to promote the
 65  Unic,   6|         any one of you to whom the Lord has given it praise Him
 66  Unic,   6|          what I am saying, yet the Lord is pleased to enable me
 67  Unic,   6|        many other things which the Lord teaches to those who are
 68  Unic,   6|        when I say that he whom the Lord brings thus far possesses
 69  Unic,   6|            responsibility upon the Lord, from Whom, since they can
 70  Unic,   6|         Those into whose souls the Lord has already infused true
 71  Unic,   7|         they must prevail upon Our Lord that their friend may walk
 72  Unic,   7|            came to know them! O my Lord, wilt Thou not grant me
 73  Unic,   7|           such love for me? Truly, Lord, I would rather have this
 74  Unic,   7|            none the less it is the Lord's will that their goodness
 75  Unic,   7|            helpful. For, under the Lord, I owe it to such persons
 76  Unic,   7|         may not be perfect but the Lord will make it increasingly
 77  Unic,   7|         others; it may be that Our Lord wishes to spare us these
 78  Unic,   7|            effort on our part, the Lord has made us stronger than
 79  Unic,   7|  yourselves they will not move the Lord so much; and, quite apart
 80  Unic,   7|            all that is in you, the Lord will make you so manly that
 81  Unic,   7|           give great praise to the Lord if you see any increase
 82  Unic,   7|          heard among them. May the Lord forbid this, for His own
 83  Unic,   8|           war much longer, for the Lord will take our defence in
 84  Unic,   8|     everything. Oh, my Creator and Lord! When have I merited so
 85  Unic,   8|            what a great favour the Lord has bestowed on those of
 86  Unic,   8|        this place of mine, yet the Lord has granted it to me who
 87  Unic,   8|         but I have been so wicked, Lord, that Thou couldst not trust
 88  Unic,   8|          no excuse for me, then, O Lord, I confess it, and so I
 89  Unic,   8|        other convents in which the Lord is also well served and
 90  Unic,   9|            since, as you know, the Lord will provide for us all
 91  Unic,   9|      embracing the good Jesus, Our Lord, with the soul. Just as
 92  Unic,   9|       later on, it may be that the Lord will wish us to see them
 93  Unic,  10|           for this reason that the Lord is pleased to make us such
 94  Unic,  10|            never get anywhere. The Lord give us light so that we
 95  Unic,  11|           day, by the grace of the Lord, we shall gain dominion
 96  Unic,  11|            battle of life. May the Lord grant, as He is able, that
 97  Unic,  12|          is beginning to serve the Lord truly can offer Him is his
 98  Unic,  12|      services she has rendered the Lord with what she owes Him and
 99  Unic,  12|     perform tasks you dislike. The Lord will show you ways of doing
100  Unic,  13|      observed that anyone whom the Lord has specially chosen for
101  Unic,  14|               I feel sure that the Lord bestows great help on anyone
102  Unic,  14|            interests, although the Lord can perfect even this intention
103  Unic,  15|          do this is to imitate the Lord Who set us free from all
104  Unic,  15|       endeavour to obtain from the Lord the true humility which
105  Unic,  15|         she desires to imitate the Lord, how can she do so better
106  Unic,  15|         some degree, to follow the Lord.~
107  Unic,  15|                             Oh, my Lord! When I think in how many
108  Unic,  15|            For what is it to Thee, Lord, to give much instead of
109  Unic,  15|           Thy handmaiden. For see, Lord, mine eyes are blind and
110  Unic,  15|          blame in the sight of the Lord? Oh, my sisters we shall
111  Unic,  15|       defend you? Remember how the Lord took the Magdalen's part
112  Unic,  15|          but I know that, with the Lord's help, the gradual attainment
113  Unic,  16|            evil state, and yet the Lord will allow them to see a
114  Unic,  16|         Divine union, in which the Lord takes His delight in the
115  Unic,  16|         are continuous torture. My Lord will have no lack of children
116  Unic,  16|                             Oh, my Lord! How often do we cause Thee
117  Unic,  16|          an unclean beast. Indeed, Lord, Thine arms had need to
118  Unic,  16|          pardoned; pardon Thou us, Lord, for it is a dreadful thing
119  Unic,  16|            many souls whom God our Lord tests in this way, and few
120  Unic,  16|        enjoy this favour. When the Lord does this and we ourselves
121  Unic,  16|          it that we do for Thee, O Lord, our Maker? We do hardly
122  Unic,  16|                                  O Lord! All our trouble comes to
123  Unic,  16|            read about the Passion. Lord help us -- that we should
124  Unic,  16|          would be a service to the Lord for us to do, and which,
125  Unic,  16|            more elegantly. May the Lord grant me His favour, so
126  Unic,  17|        along the road by which the Lord leads it.~
127  Unic,  17|        place, for that is what the Lord instructed us to do and
128  Unic,  17|        serving the servants of the Lord and in praising Him. For
129  Unic,  17|        roads is the highest in the Lord's eyes. So it does not follow
130  Unic,  17|           cost us more labour; the Lord will be treating us like
131  Unic,  17|          what the rest do; for the Lord sometimes tarries long,
132  Unic,  17|       worthy to receive Christ our Lord so often in her house, and
133  Unic,  17|      themselves may be silent, the Lord will speak for them, and
134  Unic,  17|           being ready for what the Lord desires to do with you and
135  Unic,  17|         choice is not ours but the Lord's. If after many years He
136  Unic,  17|            wish to choose; let the Lord of the house do that, for
137  Unic,  18|          weak, the first thing the Lord does is to give them courage
138  Unic,  18|         day. The point is that the Lord knows everyone as he really
139  Unic,  18|       cowards. It is well that the Lord should see we are not leaving
140  Unic,  18|            leave everything to the Lord, Who knows us better than
141  Unic,  18|       favours [often] given by the Lord, the value of which we cannot
142  Unic,  18|           do you want to serve the Lord in so doubtful a way when
143  Unic,  18|          pleasant reading. May the Lord, for His own sake, give
144  Unic,  19|       mysteries of the life of the Lord and of His sacred Passion
145  Unic,  19|         that by this good road the Lord will bring her to the harbour
146  Unic,  19|          and help you about if the Lord is pleased to enable me
147  Unic,  19|         living water, of which the Lord said to the Samaritan woman
148  Unic,  19|        subjected themselves to the Lord of the world with all their
149  Unic,  19|     careless. In contemplation the Lord Himself relieves us of this
150  Unic,  19|           but in contemplation the Lord brings us to the end of
151  Unic,  19|            who get drowned. Oh, my Lord, if only one could be plunged
152  Unic,  19|         comes from the help of the Lord. But we are so indiscreet
153  Unic,  19|           if in order to serve the Lord Himself we are willing to
154  Unic,  19|            or efficiently, for the Lord is faithful and His Majesty
155  Unic,  19|                      Remember, the Lord invites us all; and, since
156  Unic,  19|        keep to the path.70 May the Lord, Who promises it, give us
157  Unic,  20|        state, I told them that the Lord had different roads by which
158  Unic,  20|           the end of the road, the Lord may bring you through this
159  Unic,  20|           its failing you. May the Lord grant us never to fail Him.
160  Unic,  20|         out upon the road, for the Lord will gradually bring her
161  Unic,  20|            must always pray to the Lord for them, sisters, you would
162  Unic,  20|       master to teach it them. Our Lord would be doing you no light
163  Unic,  20|         another. May it please the Lord, sisters, that you may be
164  Unic,  21|            by the very lips of the Lord. People are quite right
165  Unic,  21|         taking it by force (as the Lord says the violent do) and
166  Unic,  21|        come from the devil. Oh, my Lord, defend Thyself. See how
167  Unic,  21|     following the better path, the Lord gradually regains what He
168  Unic,  22|         you to do, with so great a Lord, it is well that you should
169  Unic,  22|                      How is it, my Lord, how is it, my Emperor,
170  Unic,  22| particularly happy. I praise Thee, Lord, and bless Thee, and all
171  Unic,  22|            it to be thought right, Lord, for those who praise Thee
172  Unic,  22|          of the nature of this our Lord and Good.~
173  Unic,  22|          fully understand how this Lord merits that we behave toward
174  Unic,  22|           made this clear. May the Lord grant us to learn how to
175  Unic,  23|           until she dies? Does the Lord deserve less than this that
176  Unic,  23|         make some effort, for this Lord of ours will reckon everything
177  Unic,  23|          Do not be afraid that the Lord Who has called us to drink
178  Unic,  23|       learned by experience of the Lord's goodness, even though
179  Unic,  23|          hundredfold, and that the Lord says: "Ask and it shall
180  Unic,  24|        presence we are and how the Lord answers our petitions. Do
181  Unic,  25|          is quite possible for the Lord to grant you perfect contemplation.
182  Unic,  25|      together. It is a gift of the Lord of earth and Heaven, Who
183  Unic,  25|       daring to address so great a Lord. To think of this and other
184  Unic,  25|   happiness of being called by the Lord to this state of contemplation
185  Unic,  25|      points and counsels which the Lord was pleased to enable me
186  Unic,  25|           made such use of and the Lord knows with what confusion
187  Unic,  25|            leave everything to the Lord, to Whom it belongs to grant
188  Unic,  26|          to say? Imagine that this Lord Himself is at your side
189  Unic,  26|        trial it is. But I know the Lord does not leave us so devoid
190  Unic,  26|          can do no more) upon this Lord? You are capable of looking
191  Unic,  26|          how we are treated by the Lord. He becomes subject to us
192  Unic,  26|        happy, look upon your risen Lord, and the very thought of
193  Unic,  26|                                  O Lord of the world, my true Spouse!"
194  Unic,  26|              Art Thou so needy, my Lord and my Good, that Thou wilt
195  Unic,  26|            How can it be possible, Lord, that the angels are leaving
196  Unic,  26|                           If Thou, Lord, art willing to suffer all
197  Unic,  26|         complain of? I am ashamed, Lord, when I see Thee in such
198  Unic,  26|           Let us go both together, Lord: whither Thou goest, I must
199  Unic,  26|          the trials endured by the Lord.~
200  Unic,  26|            order to gaze upon this Lord present within her, which
201  Unic,  26|         image or a picture of this Lord -- one that you like --
202  Unic,  27|         great love shown us by the Lord in the first words of the
203  Unic,  27|          art in the Heavens." O my Lord, how Thou dost reveal Thyself
204  Unic,  27|            great a favour as this, Lord, to have come at the end
205  Unic,  27|                O Son of God and my Lord! How is it that Thou canst
206  Unic,  27|                         Behold, my Lord, with the love that Thou
207  Unic,  27|        obstacle to Thee. And then, Lord, Thou hast been upon earth
208  Unic,  27|           a confession is this, my Lord! What is this love that
209  Unic,  27|            but Thou could do this, Lord? I cannot think how the
210  Unic,  27|       Blessed be Thou for ever, my Lord, Who lovest so much to give
211  Unic,  27|            of Christ, in which the Lord was pleased that Saint Peter,
212  Unic,  27|          bricks or for walls. Dear Lord, what a trouble we make
213  Unic,  28|        with a Father, a Brother, a Lord and a Spouse -- and, sometimes
214  Unic,  28|  understood this truth -- that the Lord is within us and that we
215  Unic,  28|      effort of ours. For it is the Lord's will that, in return for
216  Unic,  28|           the soul many times, the Lord is pleased that they should
217  Unic,  28|          short, fit for so great a Lord. Imagine that it is partly
218  Unic,  28|        most holy Mother! Being the Lord, He has, of course, perfect
219  Unic,  28|         kinds of junk, how can the Lord and His Court occupy it?
220  Unic,  28|            this earth, where, if a lord or prelate shows anyone
221  Unic,  29|    appreciated and rewarded by the Lord. We did not come here to
222  Unic,  29|          be so for the sake of the Lord Who dwells in you. Turn
223  Unic,  29|                and again, that the Lord is with the afflicted.101
224  Unic,  29|                               O my Lord, if we had a real knowledge
225  Unic,  29|            realize this! I myself, Lord, certainly cannot; I know
226  Unic,  29|            to find Him. How is it, Lord, that we do not look at
227  Unic,  29|         within ourselves since the Lord of Heaven is there. If once
228  Unic,  29|       great peace of mind, and the Lord Himself will help us not
229  Unic,  29|       ourselves to remain near the Lord, He will give us indications
230  Unic,  29|                    For love of the Lord, then, sisters, accustom
231  Unic,  29|                            May the Lord teach this to those of you
232  Unic,  29|            confess that, until the Lord taught me this method, I
233  Unic,  29|          sooner or later. Once the Lord has granted it to her, she
234  Unic,  29|        foundation, so that, if the Lord desires to raise you up
235  Unic,  30|    important. Couldst Thou not, my Lord, have ended this prayer
236  Unic,  30|            But Thou knowest us, my Lord, and Thou knowest that we
237  Unic,  30|          shall not accept what the Lord gives us. The gift might
238  Unic,  30|         hallowing and praising the Lord, and are blessing His name,
239  Unic,  30|            with travelling and the Lord grants our faculties tranquillity
240  Unic,  30|            the number of times Our Lord shed His blood, and on nothing
241  Unic,  30|        pure contemplation, and the Lord was raising her to be with
242  Unic,  30|          favours. So I praised the Lord and envied her her vocal
243  Unic,  31|           talked about, and as the Lord has been pleased to teach
244  Unic,  31|           as I have said, that the Lord seems to me to begin to
245  Unic,  31|             or rather in which the Lord gives it peace through His
246  Unic,  31|      gladly say with Saint Peter: "Lord, let us make here three
247  Unic,  31|           a great favour which the Lord grants to these souls, for
248  Unic,  31|          such times they serve the Lord in both these ways at once;
249  Unic,  31|           know someone to whom the Lord often granted this favour;
250  Unic,  31|        here to any of you whom the Lord, out of His goodness alone,
251  Unic,  31|            as to make room for the Lord and allow His Majesty to
252  Unic,  31|    following comparison, which the Lord suggested to me when I was
253  Unic,  31|       understanding, for it is the Lord's pleasure that, without
254  Unic,  31|           enjoy its sweetness. The Lord desires it to know that
255  Unic,  31|       swallow its nourishment: the Lord places this within it, and
256  Unic,  31|            and you will praise the Lord for being pleased to enable
257  Unic,  31|           things, all of which the Lord of the world has come and
258  Unic,  31|           for nothing, and, if the Lord gives them what they ask
259  Unic,  31|            they take back from the Lord's hands the will which He
260  Unic,  31|         one of them -- to whom the Lord gives tenderness of devotion
261  Unic,  31|          them daily, that when the Lord, as I say, puts His Kingdom
262  Unic,  31|           but be watchful when the Lord grants you this favour.
263  Unic,  31|       since you are glorifying the Lord as a member of His household
264  Unic,  32|        resolution and how well the Lord rewards them for it.~
265  Unic,  32|          with the greatness of Our Lord. But in truth, my Lord,
266  Unic,  32|         Our Lord. But in truth, my Lord, Thou dost not leave us
267  Unic,  32|            in our name. For truly, Lord, hadst Thou not done this,
268  Unic,  32|       barren of fruit, I know not, Lord, how it could be possible.
269  Unic,  32|        people who dare not ask the Lord for trials, thinking that
270  Unic,  32|        they mean when they beg the Lord to fulfil His will in them.
271  Unic,  32|                               O my Lord, what a great comfort it
272  Unic,  32|        indeed have had to be good, Lord, if the fulfilment or non-fulfilment
273  Unic,  32|     fulfilling our promises to the Lord in the Paternoster, and
274  Unic,  32|            That is not so with the Lord; He knows what each of us
275  Unic,  32|     prayers you make to so great a Lord be words of mere politeness
276  Unic,  32|         surrender our wills to the Lord until we had been well paid
277  Unic,  32|    realized from this how much the Lord intends us to gain by rendering
278  Unic,  32|       surrender of our will to the Lord, and put ourselves in His
279  Unic,  32|    voluntas tua": that is, may the Lord fulfil His will in me, in
280  Unic,  32|          and manner which Thou, my Lord, desirest. If Thou wilt
281  Unic,  32|         the more and more does Our Lord draw us to Himself and raise
282  Unic,  32|    hindrance to the soul which the Lord has brought to this state.
283  Unic,  33|            our great need that the Lord should give us what we ask
284  Unic,  33|    understand what the will of the Lord is, since we are weak while
285  Unic,  33|      evasions, because that is the Lord's will -- it would be impossible,
286  Unic,  33|          be the case, then, if the Lord had not done most of what
287  Unic,  33|           this petition, which the Lord made to the Father on our
288  Unic,  33|           this petition: "Give us, Lord, this day our daily bread."~
289  Unic,  33|        What father could there be, Lord, who, after giving us his
290  Unic,  33|            had done already? None, Lord, in truth, but Thine: well
291  Unic,  33|                          O Eternal Lord! How canst Thou grant such
292  Unic,  33|            Thee to see to this, my Lord, since Thy Son allows no
293  Unic,  33|       permission to speak for Him, Lord, since Thou hast been pleased
294  Unic,  33|         repeated: first of all the Lord speaks of "our daily bread"
295  Unic,  33|          says: "Give it us to-day, Lord."120 He lays the matter
296  Unic,  33|            which is His, and being Lord of His own will, He reminds
297  Unic,  34|            our 'daily' bread", the Lord repeated the idea in the
298  Unic,  34|           words "Give us this day, Lord." I will tell you my own
299  Unic,  34|     neither like to think that the Lord is always being reminded
300  Unic,  34|        think about food. Would the Lord ever have insisted upon
301  Unic,  34|                      Join with the Lord, then, daughters, in begging
302  Unic,  34|          are not fabrications. The Lord had given this person such
303  Unic,  34|          exactly as if she saw the Lord entering her house, with
304  Unic,  34|            in very truth that this Lord was entering her poor abode,
305  Unic,  34|            is when we think of the Lord on the Cross, or of other
306  Unic,  34|           leave your soul with the Lord. For He is your Master,
307  Unic,  34|          need practise only if the Lord brings you to it. No: you
308  Unic,  34|         When you have received the Lord, and are in His very presence,
309  Unic,  34|      possible haste to prevent the Lord from taking possession of
310  Unic,  35|         upon us a deep love of the Lord. If we prepare to receive
311  Unic,  35|        when we try to approach the Lord there is this difference:
312  Unic,  35|            up this method, for the Lord will use it to prove your
313  Unic,  35|            remain with us. Yet the Lord is so good a Friend to those
314  Unic,  35|           us rely, however, on Our Lord's command to us to pray
315  Unic,  35|                    Why is this, my Lord and my God? Do Thou bring
316  Unic,  35|          longer: quench this fire, Lord, for Thou canst do so if
317  Unic,  35|            things happen. Do this, Lord, not for our sake, for we
318  Unic,  35|           found for this, then, my Lord, I beg Thy Majesty to apply
319  Unic,  35|            I have not served Thee, Lord; indeed, it may perhaps
320  Unic,  35|           He has merited? Do Thou, Lord, calm this sea, and no longer
321  Unic,  35|       great a tempest. Save us, my Lord, for we perish.126~
322  Unic,  36|            words: "And forgive us, Lord, our debts, even as we forgive
323  Unic,  36|        something to present to the Lord when they prayed to Him.
324  Unic,  36|       world too? As I have so few, Lord, even of these trifling
325  Unic,  36|           take my desire to do so, Lord, for I believe I would forgive
326  Unic,  36|                  And supposing, my Lord, that there are others who
327  Unic,  36|           terrible. Blessed be the Lord for taking us out of it!
328  Unic,  36|          dislike climbing down. O, Lord, Lord, art Thou our Example
329  Unic,  36|            climbing down. O, Lord, Lord, art Thou our Example and
330  Unic,  36|          did Thy honour consist, O Lord, Who hast honoured us?129
331  Unic,  36|         humbled even to death? No, Lord, rather didst Thou gain
332  Unic,  36|        else. Then we shall ask the Lord to forgive us as people
333  Unic,  36|          forgive us. For in truth, Lord, since all things have an
334  Unic,  36|                    How greatly the Lord must esteem this mutual
335  Unic,  36|             and said: "Forgive us, Lord, because we are doing a
336  Unic,  36|             For anyone to whom the Lord has really given His Kingdom
337  Unic,  36|          trials, and therefore the Lord seeks out for Himself souls
338  Unic,  36|         perfection and to whom the Lord commonly grants the favour
339  Unic,  36|         seen in anyone to whom the Lord has granted this grace of
340  Unic,  36|           It may be that, when the Lord first grants these favours,
341  Unic,  36|           many persons to whom Our Lord has granted the grace of
342  Unic,  37|           give great praise to the Lord. So well composed by the
343  Unic,  37|         far in the Paternoster the Lord has taught us the whole
344  Unic,  37|      myself. As you have seen, Our Lord is beginning here to explain
345  Unic,  37|         and our words are one, the Lord will unfailingly fulfil
346  Unic,  37|            other favours which the Lord bestows on our trifling
347  Unic,  37|            do what we can, and the Lord will accept it all. It is
348  Unic,  37|      Father, and to say: "Do this, Lord, and My brethren shall do
349  Unic,  37|        beneath their feet, and the Lord of the world is pleased
350  Unic,  37|            importance of this. The Lord, then, saw it was necessary
351  Unic,  37|           exile: "And lead us not, Lord, into temptation, but deliver
352  Unic,  38|          perfection do not ask the Lord to deliver them from trials,
353  Unic,  38|      coming from the Spirit of the Lord and are not illusions. For,
354  Unic,  38|  themselves have been given by the Lord: they will always be victorious
355  Unic,  38|           whom they always beg the Lord to deliver them, are enemies
356  Unic,  38|            enemies let us pray the Lord often, in the Paternoster,
357  Unic,  38|         for more favours which the Lord may grant them, since they
358  Unic,  38|          has been trying to do the Lord brings good. For His Majesty
359  Unic,  38|          to Him in prayer, and the Lord is faithful. We shall do
360  Unic,  38|          vainglorious. Entreat the Lord to deliver you from this,
361  Unic,  38|          and serving, and that the Lord will be obliged to reward
362  Unic,  38|          tell you. If we think the Lord has given us a certain grace,
363  Unic,  38|           is that, if we serve the Lord with humility, He will sooner
364  Unic,  38|         strong in this virtue, the Lord will leave us to ourselves,
365  Unic,  38|             or to imagine that the Lord has given them to us, until
366  Unic,  38|          many others. For when the Lord really gives one of these
367  Unic,  39|            and pledges of love the Lord may give you, therefore,
368  Unic,  39|        pray for Thy help. Show us, Lord, some way of recognizing
369  Unic,  39|     temptation if you are near the Lord than if you are far away
370  Unic,  40|           humility and beseech the Lord not to lead them into temptation,
371  Unic,  40|          the plain truth, then the Lord is faithful, and, as has
372  Unic,  40|    received great favours from the Lord.~
373  Unic,  40|            see someone to whom the Lord is granting these favours,
374  Unic,  40|          for it is manifest in Our Lord's great sorrows, His trials,
375  Unic,  41|          be to possess it? May the Lord, for His own sake, give
376  Unic,  41|          whom, as I have said, the Lord grants such great favours
377  Unic,  41|          watch on them may be, the Lord so preserves them that they
378  Unic,  41|           not to have offended the Lord, so that the servants and
379  Unic,  41|    determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose
380  Unic,  41|           though one were to say: "Lord, although this displeases
381  Unic,  41|               and, glory be to the Lord, you are not so at present.
382  Unic,  41|  constrained or depressed, for the Lord will help us and the habits
383  Unic,  41|                 I often praise the Lord (though I also wonder why
384  Unic,  42|         measureless charity of the Lord? And how right He was to
385  Unic,  42|      prayer, I understand that the Lord is begging that we may be
386  Unic,  42|         must beg for help from the Lord.~
387  Unic,  42|            this life, so I ask the Lord to deliver me from all evil "
388  Unic,  42|       absent from Him? Deliver me, Lord, from this shadow of death;
389  Unic,  42|                      I beseech the Lord, then, to deliver me from
390  Unic,  42|         the hardest thing to bear, Lord, is that I cannot know with
391  Unic,  42|            Thy sight. O my God and Lord, deliver me from all evil
392  Unic,  42|           been describing, for the Lord seems to have been saving
393  Unic,  42|           seems, sisters, that the Lord's will has been to teach
394  Unic,  42|                 Well, sisters, Our Lord seems not to want me to
395  Unic,  42|       think of nothing to say. The Lord has shown you the road and
396  Unic,  42|          been going to say, as the Lord has taught me the secrets
397  Unic,  42|         Blessed and praised be the Lord, from Whom comes all the