What a happiness it is to be with God, no one knowing what passes between God and the heart but God Himself and the adoring heart.
150.
I should like to have a good hammer with which to blunt the sharpness of your mind, which is too subtle in its ideas of your advancement. I have often told you that in devotion we must go on in good faith, acting frankly and promptly. If you do well, praise God; if ill, humble yourself.
151.
Humble yourself profoundly, and urge on your soul with the love of Christ crucified, that you may be able to spiritually digest this heavenly food.
152.
He who communicates according to the spirit of the Spouse annihilates himself before God, saying to our Lord: Destroy me, annihilate me, and convert me into Thee; then it is no longer we who live, but Jesus Christ, who liveth in us.
153.
When the mother pearl has received the drops of the fresh morning dew it draws within itself and closes its shell to preserve them fresh; in like manner, when you have received the Blessed Sacrament, withdraw into yourself and collect all the faculties of your soul to adore this sovereign King, and relish by a lively faith the spiritual refreshment which this Divine Germ produces in your breast.