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  1  Argo,   0|        gives to her daughters and sisters in religion, belonging to
  2  Argo,   0|           she addresses it to the sisters of the Convent of Saint
  3  Prol     |             PROLOGUE~J. H. S.~The sisters of this Convent of Saint
  4  Prol,   0|           to help the souls of my sisters to make great progress in
  5  Prol,   0|           and so I should like my sisters to take warning by me. I
  6  Unic,   1|                            Oh, my sisters in Christ! Help me to entreat
  7  Unic,   1|       pray for worldly things, my sisters. It makes me laugh, and
  8  Unic,   1|       soul less to Heaven? No, my sisters, this is no time to treat
  9  Unic,   2|                  Do not think, my sisters, that because you do not
 10  Unic,   2|   justified; but for us to do so, sisters, would be inconsistent.~
 11  Unic,   2|                         Remember, sisters, that this will be important
 12  Unic,   2| hermitages16 in them in which the sisters may go to pray. But as for
 13  Unic,   2|         on them. And how happy my sisters will be if they see someone
 14  Unic,   3|         CHAPTER and persuades the sisters to busy themselves constantly
 15  Unic,   3|       that you may understand, my sisters, that what we have to ask
 16  Unic,   3|          the love of the Lord, my sisters, I beg you to commend this
 17  Unic,   4|           suppose, my friends and sisters, that I am going to charge
 18  Unic,   4|           even among brothers and sisters such things are apt to be
 19  Unic,   4|        become a pest. Believe me, sisters, though I may seem to you
 20  Unic,   4|           to be the slave of any, sisters, save of Him Who bought
 21  Unic,   4|          against this is that the sisters should not be together except
 22  Unic,   4|        will always be love in the sisters of this house. It seems
 23  Unic,   5|        find no other. If the poor sisters ask for another confessor,
 24  Unic,   5|      approached for leave for the sisters to go from time to time
 25  Unic,   5|        once again to see that the sisters get these consolations,
 26  Unic,   5|    whoever is Bishop to allow the sisters this liberty and not to
 27  Unic,   6|                        It may be, sisters, that you think it irrelevant
 28  Unic,   7|        such things upon our lips, sisters, or even to think of them,
 29  Unic,   7| acquaintance of any such persons, sisters, the Mother Prioress should
 30  Unic,   7|         distressed by some of our sisters, trials and weaknesses,
 31  Unic,   7|          it, to take part in your sisters' necessary recreation and
 32  Unic,   7|       what are the things in your sisters which you should be sorry
 33  Unic,   8|           give Him hearty praise, sisters, for having brought us together
 34  Unic,   8|        through our own fault. Oh, sisters, for the love of God, try
 35  Unic,   8|                      Remember, my sisters, that if we are not good
 36  Unic,   9|           applies to brothers and sisters.~
 37  Unic,   9|                       Believe me, sisters, if you serve God as you
 38  Unic,   9|          parents and brothers and sisters where you had never expected
 39  Unic,  10|           to contend. But, oh, my sisters, do not feel secure and
 40  Unic,  10|         go together. They are two sisters, who are inseparable. These
 41  Unic,  10|          even wanted to. Resolve, sisters, that it is to die for Christ,
 42  Unic,  11|       about trifling ailments, my sisters, seem to me a sign of imperfection:
 43  Unic,  12|        sake. And do you not know, sisters, that the life of a good
 44  Unic,  12|          must try to outstrip her sisters.~
 45  Unic,  12|                   Ask yourselves, sisters, if these things, which
 46  Unic,  12|        should see to it that your sisters profit by your temptations,
 47  Unic,  12|         to suffer an insult, your sisters come and ask you if you
 48  Unic,  12|    sensitive about things. Oh, my sisters, for the love of God, never
 49  Unic,  13|                 I often tell you, sisters, and now I want it to be
 50  Unic,  13|   elsewhere], and leave the other sisters in peace! And no convent (
 51  Unic,  13|           yourselves. Our honour, sisters, must lie in the service
 52  Unic,  13|      possibly neither she nor her sisters may realize this as well
 53  Unic,  15|          doing. It is your fault, sisters, for I am doing this at
 54  Unic,  15|       These are great virtues, my sisters, and I should like us to
 55  Unic,  15|         sight of the Lord? Oh, my sisters we shall never succeed in
 56  Unic,  16|           possible. Why, then, my sisters, do we not show Him love
 57  Unic,  16|                   God deliver us, sisters, from saying "We are not
 58  Unic,  18|           practise mental prayer, sisters; or, if any of you cannot
 59  Unic,  18|          no light obligation. So, sisters, as we do not understand
 60  Unic,  18|        have made progress or not, sisters, you may be sure that you
 61  Unic,  19|                 You will be glad, sisters, if God grants you to drink
 62  Unic,  19|           not be surprised, then, sisters, at the way I have insisted
 63  Unic,  20|           of prayer. Counsels the sisters to include this subject
 64  Unic,  20|        early stages.73 Therefore, sisters, have no fear that you will
 65  Unic,  20|        pray to the Lord for them, sisters, you would seem to be doing
 66  Unic,  20|         no time for child's play, sisters, and these worldly friendships,
 67  Unic,  20|           May it please the Lord, sisters, that you may be enabled
 68  Unic,  21|            With this last remark, sisters, I quite agree. Of course
 69  Unic,  21|          about these fears, then, sisters; and never pay heed to such
 70  Unic,  22|          we should? I assure you, sisters, that if you gave all due
 71  Unic,  23|        just two or three of them, sisters. One is that when we decide
 72  Unic,  23|         be of little help to you, sisters, for me to weary my brains
 73  Unic,  26|                                 O sisters, those of you whose minds
 74  Unic,  26|    slavery you have escaped from, sisters! Yet this, without any pretence,
 75  Unic,  26|        pass." Take up this cross, sisters: never mind if the Jews
 76  Unic,  26|                  You will ask me, sisters, how you can possibly do
 77  Unic,  26|                So do not suppose, sisters, that you would have been
 78  Unic,  27|        about it! God deliver you, sisters, from such contentions,
 79  Unic,  29|           love of the Lord, then, sisters, accustom yourselves to
 80  Unic,  29|                          Nothing, sisters, can be learned without
 81  Unic,  31|          I think it will be well, sisters, if I give some advice here
 82  Unic,  31|            It is for this reason, sisters, that I want us to be careful
 83  Unic,  31|              Do not be like that, sisters, but be watchful when the
 84  Unic,  32|          That would not be right, sisters. Remember that the good
 85  Unic,  32|         So if you have this love, sisters, try not to let the prayers
 86  Unic,  32|                            Oh, my sisters, what power this gift has!
 87  Unic,  33|              For the love of God, sisters, let us realize the meaning
 88  Unic,  34|         as well as he should. So, sisters, those who will may worry
 89  Unic,  36|                           Notice, sisters, that He does not say: "
 90  Unic,  36|           forgiven herself? This, sisters, is something which we should
 91  Unic,  36|           straw. Oh, God help me, sisters! If we only knew what honour
 92  Unic,  36|          know nothing about this, sisters, but I will tell you about
 93  Unic,  36|         you may be wary. You see, sisters, the devil has not forgotten
 94  Unic,  36|              For the love of God, sisters! We have lost our way; we
 95  Unic,  36|          without love. See, then, sisters, how important it is for
 96  Unic,  36|                Note particularly, sisters, that He says: "As we forgive."
 97  Unic,  36|                 Understand, then, sisters, that as these persons have
 98  Unic,  37|      described. For our own part, sisters, we will do what we can,
 99  Unic,  38|          for us to meditate upon, sisters, and to learn to understand
100  Unic,  38|                       Believe me, sisters, the soldiers of Christ --
101  Unic,  38|     Always strive after humility, sisters, and try to realize that
102  Unic,  38|          What can we do about it, sisters? To me the best thing seems
103  Unic,  38|         observed this yourselves, sisters? I certainly have: sometimes
104  Unic,  38|         himself devoid of it? No, sisters: let us rather think of
105  Unic,  39|           to walk on these roads, sisters, for there are many of them
106  Unic,  40|           of grace. But you know, sisters, there are some indications
107  Unic,  40|                        Therefore, sisters, when you see someone to
108  Unic,  40|         we do not attain to this, sisters, let us beseech God that,
109  Unic,  41|          These are the illusions, sisters, which I should like you
110  Unic,  41|              For the love of God, sisters, never be careless about
111  Unic,  41|                        Try, then, sisters, to be as pleasant as you
112  Unic,  41|         they should be with their sisters. Although you may be very
113  Unic,  41|         be very sorry if all your sisters' conversation is not just
114  Unic,  41|           like us, especially our sisters.~
115  Unic,  42|          for ever. It is useless, sisters, for us to think that, for
116  Unic,  42|       shall we find in this life, sisters, in which we are deprived
117  Unic,  42|        end of the road. It seems, sisters, that the Lord's will has
118  Unic,  42|           thanks to Him for this, sisters, for He must have done it
119  Unic,  42|                             Well, sisters, Our Lord seems not to want