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  1  Pref,   0    | difficult to find any reason, so good are they: the conclusion
  2  Prot         |      kinds. If there is anything good in it, let this be to the
  3  Unic,   1    |           although I did so with good intentions and not out of
  4  Unic,   1    |        whom He has shown so much good that it seems as though
  5  Unic,   1    |       Their intentions are quite good, and I do as they ask because
  6  Unic,   1    |       help -- and it is always a good thing if we can be of any
  7  Unic,   2    |        be disregarded and of the good that comes from poverty.~
  8  Unic,   2    |          will be for our greater good, just as the saints failed
  9  Unic,   2    | martyrdom. We should be making a good exchange if we could have
 10  Unic,   2    |         that it is for their own good that the Lord has enabled
 11  Unic,   2    |        all restraint. Poverty is good and contains within itself
 12  Unic,   2    |   contains within itself all the good things in the world. It
 13  Unic,   2    |        who cares nothing for the good things of the world has
 14  Unic,   2    |        houses will no doubt have good reasons for doing so. I
 15  Unic,   2    |      needs such things, well and good; and let there be a few
 16  Unic,   3    |      ours, inhabited as it is by good Christians, none of us may
 17  Unic,   3    |          would do more harm than good. This is no time for imperfections
 18  Unic,   3    |      their imperfections. Of the good things they do many will
 19  Unic,   3    |      will even not be considered good at all; but they need not
 20  Unic,   3    |         is for His glory and the good of His Church, which are
 21  Unic,   4    |       read frequently and with a good will what I have said about
 22  Unic,   4    |     cannot fail to give her some good advice about it, without
 23  Unic,   4    |           this you may do with a good conscience. But I hope in
 24  Unic, App    |        know which confessors are good, great care and caution
 25  Unic,   5    |        if the confessors, though good men, have no learning; for
 26  Unic,   5    |          needful is it that your good works and your prayers should
 27  Unic,   5    |        this foundation must be a good conscience and that you
 28  Unic,   5    |          confessor has all these good qualities, for he may quite
 29  Unic,   5    |          both of learning and of good lives, a fact which will
 30  Unic,   5    |          the recollectedness and good living of the house and
 31  Unic,   5    |          been decided on by such good men, and after so many prayers
 32  Unic,   6    |          to the love which it is good [and lawful] for us to feel.
 33  Unic,   6    |    persons who can lead us to do good so that we may gain blessings
 34  Unic,   6    |         not willingly do for the good of that soul since they
 35  Unic,   6    |        the loved one has certain good qualities and a great love
 36  Unic,   6    |      Captain of Love, Jesus, our Good!~
 37  Unic,   7    |   discussed in your presence. No good can come from our doing
 38  Unic,   7    |          friend's trials are not good for her, and to wonder if
 39  Unic,   7    |          was borne for us by the good Lover, Jesus. It is for
 40  Unic,   7    |          God's friends is a very good way of "having" Him; as
 41  Unic,   7    |         no harm. It is sometimes good and necessary for us to
 42  Unic,   7    |       perfect love. It is a very good thing for us to take compassion
 43  Unic,   7    |          in one of them. It is a good proof and test of our love
 44  Unic,   7    |       easily takes root. This is good advice: do not forget it.
 45  Unic,   7(29)|         My life!" "My soul!" "My good!"~
 46  Unic,   7    |         apart from the intrinsic good they bring, add greatly
 47  Unic,   8    |      place where there were many good women living together my
 48  Unic,   8    |      sisters, that if we are not good we are much more to blame
 49  Unic,   8    |     persons and do her soul some good, consider herself imperfect
 50  Unic,   8    |        they will do the visitors good and herself no harm. But
 51  Unic,   8    |      herself harm and do them no good.~
 52  Unic,   9    |         the world is, of course, good. Believe me, then, attachment
 53  Unic,   9    |         resolutely embracing the good Jesus, Our Lord, with the
 54  Unic,  12    |      sisters, that the life of a good religious, who wishes to
 55  Unic,  13    |        that it was right for our good Jesus to have to suffer
 56  Unic,  13    |       benefit us and to set us a good example. If we realize what
 57  Unic,  13    |         she knows that if she is good she will not be sent away,
 58  Unic,  13    |                     By not being good, I do not mean being fond
 59  Unic,  13    |        will find our life a very good one; if she wants anything
 60  Unic,  13    |          things which persons in good health delight in eating
 61  Unic,  13    |      spends all her time in such good company, and yet, at the
 62  Unic,  14    |         help on anyone who makes good resolutions, and for that
 63  Unic,  14    |          than the wisest what is good for her; and I believe this
 64  Unic,  14    |          to grow fond of what is good, she clings to it manfully,
 65  Unic,  14    | immediately; for many people are good at talking and bad at understanding,
 66  Unic,  14    |       and can do a great deal of good. There are also simple,
 67  Unic,  14    |        considers what is for the good of the house, I do not believe
 68  Unic,  15    |        blame in the way that our good Jesus was.~
 69  Unic,  15    |         myself. Thou knowest, my Good, that if there is anything
 70  Unic,  15    |        that if there is anything good in me it comes from no other
 71  Unic,  15    |          things of Thee, Who art good above all other good? It
 72  Unic,  15    |         art good above all other good? It is intolerable, my God,
 73  Unic,  15    |      that either the evil or the good that you do will remain
 74  Unic,  16    |        see a vision, even a very good one, in order to draw them
 75  Unic,  16    |        does this for the greater good of those who love Him. His
 76  Unic,  16    |        We may not be; but what a good thing it is for us to reflect
 77  Unic,  17    |          humble think herself as good as those who become contemplatives?
 78  Unic,  17    |          do not say this without good reason, for, as I have said,
 79  Unic,  17    |      advanced. For tears, though good, are not invariably signs
 80  Unic,  17    |          in them. It is indeed a good thing that the choice is
 81  Unic,  18    |        His own Self, and for the good of his neighbour. Unless
 82  Unic,  18    |        nuns whom I believe to be good, or, at least, desirous
 83  Unic,  18    |       life, or even in leading a good active life: of that I am
 84  Unic,  19    |        written, and these are so good and are the work of such
 85  Unic,  19    |        of doing so, that by this good road the Lord will bring
 86  Unic,  19    |         so well, her end will be good also; and all who can walk
 87  Unic,  19    |         from true prayer -- is a good gift from the King of Heaven;
 88  Unic,  19    |        be nothing in our supreme Good which is not perfect, all
 89  Unic,  19    |       never free from fault; any good that there may be in them
 90  Unic,  19    |        seems foolish to check so good a thing as this desire,
 91  Unic,  20    |     Blessed be He for ever! What good reasons there would have
 92  Unic,  20    |        do so.72 Yet, as He is so good, He does not force us to
 93  Unic,  20    |       even if she leaves it, for good never leads to evil. So,
 94  Unic,  20(75)|          of beginning so great a good."~
 95  Unic,  20    |                If you would be a good kinswoman, this is true
 96  Unic,  20    |    friendship; if you would be a good friend, you may be sure
 97  Unic,  20    |       these worldly friendships, good though they may be, seem
 98  Unic,  20    |          reason can there be any good in them and they may even
 99  Unic,  20    |         no wish to be considered good," for what people see in
100  Unic,  20    |         purpose of doing greater good. Your intercourse and conversation
101  Unic,  21    |       fact -- I have read what a good thing it is to begin in
102  Unic,  21    |          minds79 that nothing is good enough for them! So I think
103  Unic,  21    |       evil they are fleeing from good. I have never heard of such
104  Unic,  21    |         make them realize what a good thing it is. If they say
105  Unic,  21    |       Endeavour always to have a good conscience; practise humility;
106  Unic,  21    |         that you are on a [very] good road. Cease, as I have said,
107  Unic,  22    |       heartily and told me to be good enough to use the ordinary
108  Unic,  22    |         unmannerly because He is good. If only to show our gratitude
109  Unic,  22    |      laugh about it, for it is a good way of spending your time
110  Unic,  22    |      nature of this our Lord and Good.~
111  Unic,  22    |  practise vocal prayer, well and good. But do not, I beg you,
112  Unic,  23    |        resolute in doing what is good and firmly determined to
113  Unic,  23(92)|                       Lit.: "the good."~
114  Unic,  24    |    spiritual masters, and we are good pupils, it is impossible
115  Unic,  24    |        times when, for their own good, God allows His servants
116  Unic,  24    |          to do so. It would be a good idea for us to imagine94
117  Unic,  24    |          all who would pray like good Christians.~
118  Unic,  26    |          you should stay with so good a Friend for as long as
119  Unic,  26    |         so needy, my Lord and my Good, that Thou wilt accept poor
120  Unic,  26    |      also a great help to have a good book, written in the vernacular,
121  Unic,  26    |        When that has happened, a good deal of skill is necessary
122  Unic,  26    |         Keep at the side of this good Master, then, and be most
123  Unic,  26    |    ensure your not failing to be good disciples, and He will never
124  Unic,  27    |         our making no account of good birth if we truly desire
125  Unic,  27    |    earthly father, since nothing good can fail to have its perfection
126  Unic,  27    |                                O good Jesus! How clearly hast
127  Unic,  27    |        daughters, that this is a good Master, since He begins
128  Unic,  27    |      father was if he had one as good, and of as great majesty
129  Unic,  27    |          basest clay. You have a good Father, given you by the
130  Unic,  27    |         Father, given you by the good Jesus: let no other father
131  Unic,  27    |        You know that, if you are good children, He will never
132  Unic,  28    |          and, if he has a little good wind, reaches the end of
133  Unic,  28    |          At first it may cause a good deal of trouble, for the
134  Unic,  28    |          get accustomed to these good habits. Souls who do so
135  Unic,  29    |       will be in your superior's good books; whereas to-morrow,
136  Unic,  29    |          power to think a single good thought. For this is not
137  Unic,  29    |    conquer oneself for one's own good is to make use of the senses
138  Unic,  29    |         never withdraw from this good companionship, and let her
139  Unic,  29    |         for you will be laying a good foundation, so that, if
140  Unic,  30    |         the next petition in our good Master's prayer, in which
141  Unic,  30    |         particular thing, as our good Jesus tells us our petitions
142  Unic,  30    |          us, Father, whatever is good for us"? For, in addressing
143  Unic,  30    |        if what we ask of Thee is good for us, and if it is not,
144  Unic,  30    |    reason, daughters, that it is good for you to know what you
145  Unic,  30    |         about to ask for will be good for you; if it will not,
146  Unic,  30    |                          Now the good Jesus bids us say these
147  Unic,  30    |          a way befitting it. The good Jesus, therefore, places
148  Unic,  30    |       and had lived an extremely good and religious life. I asked
149  Unic,  31    |      which we ask for so great a good without knowing what we
150  Unic,  32    |                     Now that our good Master has asked on our
151  Unic,  32    |        for such great favours. O good Jesus! Since Thou givest
152  Unic,  32    |           Thou didst well, O our good Master, to make this last
153  Unic,  32    |       sisters. Remember that the good Jesus is our Ambassador
154  Unic,  32    |     should indeed have had to be good, Lord, if the fulfilment
155  Unic,  32    |         are dealing and what the good Jesus offers on your behalf
156  Unic,  32    |        how much He thinks of our good! He did not say we must
157  Unic,  32    |          I will tell you why our good Master puts these words
158  Unic,  32    |       you, and if you have not a good Master. For, knowing how
159  Unic,  32    |     Master. For, knowing how the good will of His Father is to
160  Unic,  33    |                              The good Jesus understands, as I
161  Unic,  33    |         it would be anything but good for us, since everything
162  Unic,  33    |         must be careful to set a good example and to remember
163  Unic,  33    |         our need, therefore, the good Jesus has sought the admirable
164  Unic,  33    |       realize the meaning of our good Master's petition, for our
165  Unic,  33    |         better opinion, that the good Jesus knew what He had given
166  Unic,  33    |    Heaven, and would consider it good, since His will and the
167  Unic,  33    |          yet the humility of the good Jesus was such that He wanted,
168  Unic,  33    |        not so much amazed at the good Jesus, because, as He had
169  Unic,  33    |    himself by that name, yet the good Jesus seems to think it
170  Unic,  34    |          the conclusion that the good Jesus, being ours, asks
171  Unic,  34    |      really is foolish, well and good -- in any case, it is quite
172  Unic,  34    |        with your body, for it is good for you to try to support
173  Unic,  34    |       faith told her that it was good for her to be there.~
174  Unic,  34    |         by our natural heat, the good Jesus is with us and we
175  Unic,  34    |       and we should [not lose so good an opportunity but should]
176  Unic,  34    |  remember that that would not be good for us, for it is one thing
177  Unic,  34    |         it in the company of the good Jesus, you are doing Him
178  Unic,  34    |       yourself. This, then, is a good time for our Master to teach
179  Unic,  34    |      contains within Himself all good things? Unhappy are those
180  Unic,  34    |       often rejoice in this your Good, He will not, as I have
181  Unic,  35    |      with us. Yet the Lord is so good a Friend to those who are
182  Unic,  35    |          are His friends, and so good a Master to those who are
183  Unic,  35    |      deny us a thing which is so good for us) there must be someone,
184  Unic,  35    |      Majesty, in the name of the good Jesus, that, as He has left
185  Unic,  36    |                              Our good Master sees that, if we
186  Unic,  36    |         true honour, which it is good for us to have because it
187  Unic,  36    |          and to be at peace. The good Jesus might have put everything
188  Unic,  36    |          has no end. If being of good birth were any satisfaction
189  Unic,  36    |          he makes us think to be good, so that we may attach more
190  Unic,  36    |          mollified and remain on good terms with a person who
191  Unic,  36    |         on the soul. And, as the good Jesus knows this well, He
192  Unic,  37    |          So well composed by the good Master was it, daughters,
193  Unic,  37    |                              The good Jesus, then, has taught
194  Unic,  37    |        more than we ask for. Our good Master knows that those
195  Unic,  37    |              O Eternal Wisdom! O good Teacher! What a wonderful
196  Unic,  38    |         us. How rightly does our good Master teach us to pray
197  Unic,  38    |     trying to do the Lord brings good. For His Majesty regards
198  Unic,  38    |          others, thinking we are good, bestow favours and honours
199  Unic,  38    |      needs and that they are all good for her. And all the time
200  Unic,  38    |         if he can get a habit of good cloth, he will not ask for
201  Unic,  39    |     service she renders, however good it may be, seems to her
202  Unic,  39    |    nothing well and that what is good in others is wrong in herself.~
203  Unic,  39    |         order to see if they are good or evil, for Satan can be
204  Unic,  40    |             Show us, then, O our good Master, some way in which
205  Unic,  40    |         really love God love all good, seek all good, help forward
206  Unic,  40    |          love all good, seek all good, help forward all good,
207  Unic,  40    |       all good, help forward all good, praise all good, and invariably
208  Unic,  40    |     forward all good, praise all good, and invariably join forces
209  Unic,  40    |      invariably join forces with good men and help and defend
210  Unic,  40    |          said, see that He is so good that He will hold intimate
211  Unic,  40    |        so hostile to all that is good, and so friendly to all
212  Unic,  41    |      fear which will stand us in good stead.~
213  Unic,  41    |         do great harm to what is good in you and may sometimes
214  Unic,  41    |          this, a person, however good in herself, will not lead
215  Unic,  41    |       imperfect; and if they are good and yet at the same time
216  Unic,  41    |        said, you will not do the good that you might, either to
217  Unic,  42    |                      I think the good Jesus was right to ask this
218  Unic,  42    |        all evil "for ever." What good thing shall we find in this
219  Unic,  42    |        are deprived of our great Good and are absent from Him?
220  Unic,  42    |          to that place where all good things are to be found.
221  Unic,  42    |          are told that it is not good for you to practise any
222  Unic,  42    |          from Whom comes all the good that we speak and think