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  1     Int         |           year. P. Bouix and others understand by this term Palm Sunday,
  2     Int         |           matter in writing, and to understand it; for it is one grace
  3     Int         |          and it is another grace to understand what grace and what gift
  4     Int         |      advantage and a great grace to understand it."23 These words contain
  5    Life, I      |        little less. When I began to understand my loss, I went in my affliction
  6    Life, III    | conversation of my uncle, I came to understand the truth I had heard in
  7    Life, IV     |            our Lord at once made me understand how He helps those who do
  8    Life, IV     |           surprised me, nor could I understand whence it came.~3. Whenever
  9    Life, IV     |            reach.~13. Now I seem to understand that it was the good providence
 10    Life, VI     |           wrought in me; it made me understand what it is to love Him.
 11    Life, VI     |        devout. I have been given to understand since that they were unseemly
 12    Life, VI     |          and our Lord would have us understand that as He was Himself subject
 13    Life, VII    |            difficult to make people understand this; it is necessary our
 14    Life, VII    |             and grave, giving me to understand what in my conduct was offensive
 15    Life, VII    |             to think so: he made me understand it to be impossible, and
 16    Life, VII    |         habit of crawling. I cannot understand how a reptile of that kind
 17    Life, VIII   |             the other, that men may understand how great is the good which
 18    Life, VIII   |          soul to live.~10. I do not understand what there can be to make
 19    Life, VIII   |             it is very important to understand it—of the assaults which
 20    Life, VIII   |          captivity, but I could not understand the nature of it; neither
 21    Life, VIII   |           it must be that I did not understand how all is of little profit
 22    Life, IX     |            loved Him; but I did not understand, as I ought to have understood
 23    Life, X      |    understands; for God wills it to understand that it understands nothing
 24    Life, X      |           upon them. Let us clearly understand this, and that it is perfectly
 25    Life, X      |          all sincerity, so far as I understand myself. Such publication
 26    Life, X      |             hindrances, which, as I understand it, keep men from advancing
 27    Life, XI     |             be watered, that we may understand what we have to do: how
 28    Life, XI     |            so that we may perfectly understand how worthless we are; for
 29    Life, XI     |            it not. They should then understand that they have no need of
 30    Life, XI     |           Let those who thus suffer understand that they are ill; a change
 31    Life, XI     |             matter, and it makes us understand what is convenient for us.
 32    Life, XII    |         earth, God gave me grace to understand this truth: that in me it
 33    Life, XII    |            of spirituality. He will understand me who has had any experience;
 34    Life, XII    |           be, they will immediately understand it.~10. For many years I
 35    Life, XII    |      persons, who sought to make me understand  ./. what our Lord was giving
 36    Life, XII    |             vanity—God gave me to understand with all distinctness in
 37    Life, XIII   |           it is necessary we should understand what manner of humility
 38    Life, XIII   |            a director, very hard to understand. Though I would willingly
 39    Life, XIII   |            ways, or suffering it to understand them itself; for such a
 40    Life, XIII   |            for directors who do not understand the spirit of their penitents
 41    Life, XIII   |             God will enable them to understand what they should teach;
 42    Life, XIV    |          seems to me, scarcely ever understand wherein our satisfaction
 43    Life, XIV    |           and Lord will have us now understand that He understands us;
 44    Life, XIV    |    understands us; and also have us understand what His presence bringeth
 45    Life, XIV    |             as they will: they will understand it, and blot out whatever
 46    Life, XIV    |            graces upon it, does not understand them, and does not know
 47    Life, XIV    |           it will find it enough to understand its state, be the books
 48    Life, XIV    |        experienced herein, will not understand the matter; and it must
 49    Life, XV     |          advanced so far as this to understand the great dignity of its
 50    Life, XV     |           it is by prayer they will understand what they are doing, and
 51    Life, XV     |             danger. I know not if I understand what I am saying; for, as
 52    Life, XV     |            is, that the soul should understand what this love is by the
 53    Life, XV     |             cannot possibly fail to understand at once that it is not a
 54    Life, XV     |             will quietly and wisely understand that it is not by dint of
 55    Life, XV     |            to be admitted now is to understand clearly that there is no
 56    Life, XV     |        happened to me, who scarcely understand a word of what I read in
 57    Life, XV     |        prayer of quiet, not only to understand the Latin as if it were
 58    Life, XVI    |             could not determine and understand the difference.~3. The humility
 59    Life, XVI    |           love, and yet never could understand how it was. I knew well
 60    Life, XVI    |             but I never was able to understand the manner of His working
 61    Life, XVII   |       father, may see it is so, and understand the matter when it shall
 62    Life, XVII   |           matter in writing, and to understand it; for it is one grace
 63    Life, XVII   |          and it is another grace to understand what grace and what gift
 64    Life, XVII   |      advantage and a great grace to understand it; for every one who has
 65    Life, XVII   |         unable to control itself! I understand now the mischief that sin
 66    Life, XVII   |            He does not allow you to understand what it is, though He does
 67    Life, XVIII  |             that science; nor can I understand what the mind is, nor how
 68    Life, XVIII  |         fathers, will enable you to understand the matter; I can go no 
 69    Life, XVIII  |         amazed that he is unable to understand these truths. Why, then,
 70    Life, XVIII  |             heavenly love but, as I understand it, union is a different
 71    Life, XVIII  |           raptures will, I am sure, understand it well; to him who has
 72    Life, XVIII  |             I can neither speak nor understand.249~11. What I am saying
 73    Life, XVIII  |          for as it is impossible to understand it, much more is it so to
 74    Life, XVIII  |             experience of this will understand it in some measure, for
 75    Life, XVIII  |            it understands, does not understand how it understands—at
 76    Life, XVIII  |            understands: it does not understand, as it seems to me, because,
 77    Life, XVIII  |             be understood. I do not understand it at all myself.~20. In
 78    Life, XIX    |         consciously: its neighbours understand the matter, because the
 79    Life, XIX    |        eager to approach them. They understand that this soul is full of
 80    Life, XIX    |             that ruined me. Now, to understand this, and everything else
 81    Life, XX     |            approach me, and who now understand the matter better,—my
 82    Life, XX     |         least, God will not have us understand it, because we must be incapable
 83    Life, XX     |          searching to comprehend or understand that which has passed over
 84    Life, XX     |         those confessors who do not understand this make people suffer.
 85    Life, XX     |        saying. You, my father, will understand it, if I am at all correct;
 86    Life, XXI    |              if I might make others understand but one of these truths.
 87    Life, XXI    |             O my God, make kings to understand how far their obligations
 88    Life, XXII   |             mean by illuminative: I understand it to mean the life of those
 89    Life, XXII   |           little, I thought I might understand something. I found out afterwards
 90    Life, XXII   |        Majesty contrived to make me understand matters that helped me to
 91    Life, XXII   |              Our Lord grant that we understand this, and that we may be
 92    Life, XXII   |           bandaged, and they do not understand what they are doing, yet
 93    Life, XXII   |            they will not be able to understand the matter. There are also
 94    Life, XXIII  |          offend Him no more, and to understand how much I owed Him, this
 95    Life, XXIII  |           God, was not permitted to understand my case, or to undertake
 96    Life, XXIII  |           the difficulty: I did not understand it myself, and so I could
 97    Life, XXIII  |            prayer; for the grace to understand it—and, understanding
 98    Life, XXIII  |             blind, so that I should understand nothing.~13. Looking into
 99    Life, XXIII  |          perhaps be advantageous to understand how the spirit is to be 
100    Life, XXIII  |           yet I gave him clearly to understand how wicked I was,—those
101    Life, XXIII  |      grounded, and had not begun to understand what mortification meant,
102    Life, XXIII  |         What a grand thing it is to understand a soul! He told me to make
103    Life, XXIII  |            to his, so that he might understand the state I was in, and
104    Life, XXV    |            that you, my father, may understand the matter; for ever since
105    Life, XXV    |             It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance
106    Life, XXV    |           at least we can refuse to understand. In this locution of God
107    Life, XXV    |            do all things. We should understand that His will must be done;
108    Life, XXV    |            Lord would have the soul understand that He is all-powerful,
109    Life, XXV    |        without loss of time, and we understand matters which seem to require
110    Life, XXV    |            at some of the things we understand. So it is; and he who has
111    Life, XXV    |         been pleased to let me then understand that it was a true vision,
112    Life, XXV    |          can see, and by experience understand, that which purports to
113    Life, XXV    |        Spirit of God will, I think, understand it.~18. Nevertheless, Satan
114    Life, XXV    |            we ought to fear,374 and understand that one venial sin can
115    Life, XXV    |           be afraid of me. I do not understand those terrors which make
116    Life, XXVI   |           living book." I could not understand why this was said to me,
117    Life, XXVI   |           feel assured that he will understand me who has had experience
118    Life, XXVII  |             —how is it that I can understand and maintain that He stands
119    Life, XXVII  |         which He wills that soul to understand; and He manifests it there
120    Life, XXVII  |             order that the soul may understand what He means—His great
121    Life, XXVII  |    mysteries; for very often what I understand, when our Lord explains
122    Life, XXVII  |         though it may be painful to understand what is said; then the soul
123    Life, XXVII  |        blessed there without speech understand one another,—I never knew
124    Life, XXVII  |           it here: God and the soul understand one another, merely because
125    Life, XXVII  |            even, without any signs, understand one another only by their
126    Life, XXVIII |      utterly entranced. I could not understand why our Lord showed Himself
127    Life, XXVIII |         eyes of the soul. Those who understand these things better than
128    Life, XXVIII |          not been pleased to let me understand how it is. I am so ignorant
129    Life, XXVIII |             have never been able to understand how it can be.~10. This
130    Life, XXVIII |          when I saw that he did not understand me. He had a great desire
131    Life, XXIX   |             possible for any one to understand these impetuosities if he
132    Life, XXIX   |           myself, and I never could understand how it was. Oh, what a sight
133    Life, XXX    |           them, because I could not understand how this pain and joy could
134    Life, XXX    |         time that God enabled me to understand myself, and describe the
135    Life, XXX    |           that he who would clearly understand and explain my state should
136    Life, XXX    |          not imaginary, I could not understand how they could be. And it
137    Life, XXX    |             seemed that I could not understand, too, how those could be
138    Life, XXX    |          work; so he, seeing that I understand him, does not torment me
139    Life, XXX    |             child, though I did not understand it then as I do now. I used
140    Life, XXXI   |          pleased our Lord to let me understand that it was the work of
141    Life, XXXI   |            make him afraid! Let him understand that each time we despise
142    Life, XXXI   |            glory to Him. He made me understand by this, that those who
143    Life, XXXI   |            not given to us fully to understand what everything is: and
144    Life, XXXII  |            thick darkness. I do not understand how it is; though there
145    Life, XXXIII |             soul that his soul must understand mine, that it was in unison
146    Life, XXXIII |            conviction that he would understand me; but he had never spoken
147    Life, XXXIII |      appeared to me, and gave me to understand that money would not be
148    Life, XXXIII |             garment. I was given to understand that I was then cleansed
149    Life, XXXIV  |             said503 when they would understand spirituality without being
150    Life, XXXIV  |      himself, nor think that he can understand that which he understandeth
151    Life, XXXIV  |            may see that he does not understand, and that the thing is not
152    Life, XXXIV  |             our Lord gives light to understand how great is the gain of
153    Life, XXXV   |            losing them. I could not understand it, for I had a clear consciousness
154    Life, XXXV   |         have just said, I could not understand how this could be. I thought
155    Life, XXXV   |           nothing else, and also to understand that to live away from all
156    Life, XXXV   |        valley of humility. I cannot understand what it is that makes men
157    Life, XXXVI  |             of the devil, and might understand the truth,—namely, that
158    Life, XXXVI  |          thus tempted, that I might understand how great a mercy He had
159    Life, XXXVI  |  conversation is different does not understand them, and they do not understand 
160    Life, XXXVI  |    understand them, and they do not understand him.~27. We keep the rule
161    Life, XXXVII |          since our Lord has made me understand how great a difference there
162    Life, XXXVII |     instruction. I certainly cannot understand it. I thought that perhaps
163    Life, XXXVIII|           so complete that none can understand it who does not possess
164    Life, XXXVIII|           of God, so far as I could understand, the Holy Ghost was with
165    Life, XXXVIII|           which our Lord gave me to understand about them.~19. One night,
166    Life, XXXVIII|          this in order that I might understand the power of the words of
167    Life, XXXVIII|          service, and made me fully understand what I owe to God. May He
168    Life, XXXIX  |         made me afraid. I wished to understand what was said, but I could
169    Life, XXXIX  |             Lord gives him light to understand the matter; and herein He
170    Life, XXXIX  |           flesh. It was given me to understand how this fighting and struggling
171    Life, XXXIX  |             I could do there was to understand that I~ ./. could understand
172    Life, XXXIX  |        understand that I~ ./. could understand nothing, and see how everything
173    Life, XXXIX  |              35. He gave me also to understand that, when such and so many
174    Life, XXXIX  |             vult,602 I was given to understand the mystery of One God and
175    Life, XXXIX  |             It spoken of, I seem to understand the mystery, and a great
176    Life, XL     |          majesty it was given me to understand one truth, which is the
177    Life, XL     |          unto Me. Now thou dost not understand it, but thou shalt understand
178    Life, XL     |       understand it, but thou shalt understand it clearly hereafter, in
179    Life, XL     |             I cannot explain. I can understand that it is something very
180    Life, XL     |            that our Lord gave me to understand that He is Himself the very 
181    Life, XL     |             how impossible it is to understand the exceeding great wickedness
182    Life, XL     |          the church. I was given to understand the great services which
183     Rel, I(622) |          purpose of enabling her to understand the state of a soul which
184     Rel, I(622) |             or is told by those who understand the matter better, to be
185     Rel, I      |         then it does not help me to understand anything.~2. It often happens,
186     Rel, I      |            that undone, so far as I understand it; if I did so, I should
187     Rel, I      |            my soul, so far as I can understand it. And if I must be busy
188     Rel, I      |             read anything, I do not understand it; I seem to be full of
189     Rel, I      |          the fruit of my labours. I understand in all truthfulness and
190     Rel, II     |        worldly helps. Now I clearly understand that all men are bunches
191     Rel, II     |           fulfilled. What I see and understand of the grandeurs of God,
192     Rel, II     |        things far higher than I can understand,—and I become recollected.~
193     Rel, III    |           considering how I did not understand it at all,—though I prayed
194     Rel, III    |             far as my dulness could understand, how God is Three and One;
195     Rel, III    |         those of the body; I was to understand that they were very different,
196     Rel, III    |            from Me,"—giving me to understand that the size of the Host
197     Rel, IV     |         point of piercing me; and I understand more of that piercing which
198     Rel, V      |          men told me; and I did not understand it as I do now, though I
199     Rel, V      |            what He will. The less I understand it, the more I believe it,
200     Rel, VII    |       confident, that she could not understand  ./. whence so great a blessing
201     Rel, VIII   |           may well be that I do not understand the matter; but what I can
202     Rel, VIII   |          neither see, nor hear, nor understand anything but that whereon
203     Rel, VIII   | understanding of it, it can neither understand nor explain it. This, if
204     Rel, VIII   |           impossible for any one to understand it who has not had experience
205     Rel, IX     |            it might be he would not understand me, and would disturb me—
206     Rel, IX     |          will cause him to hear and understand thee. Make thyself known
207     Rel, IX     |             in Him. He made me then understand that verse of the Magnificat, "
208     Rel, IX     |             that I was very glad to understand, and I immediately forgot
209     Rel, XI     |             much higher kind; and I understand now, so I think, that the
210     Ind         |          strength, x. 8; a grace to understand, xvii. 7; the Saint erroneously