It seemed to her that God took the place of director, of frigid and willed to be all things to her Himself. What a beautiful letter one of your Sisters has written to me on this subject! She says that for a whole month this one thought consoled, sustained, and encouraged her so strongly that instead of reluctance to practice this virtue, she felt it a source of peace, and of an inexplicable joy. Oh, what happiness! What grace! What a certainty as to the life to come, and what unalterable peace does she possess who belongs to God alone, who has no being out of God who has no other support, no other help, no other hope but God alone. Far from doing it harm, these storms will serve infallibly, not only to increase its merits, but also to strengthen more and more this union of the created will, with the divine will, and it is this which renders the peace of the soul unchangeable. In this lies for you all perfection, this is the straight path leading most quickly and surely to a profound and unchangeable peace it is also a secure safeguard to preserve this peace in the depths of the soul even in the midst of the most violent storms. You do well to give yourself up entirely and almost solely to the excellent practice of an absolute abandonment to the will of God. The happiness and peace of a soul entirely abandoned to God. To Sister Elizabeth Bourcier de Monthureux.
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