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The Saved and Lost 5 5
ness of self is the most perfect penance we can perform,
for all conversion consists only in truly renouncing and
forgetting ou~selves, to be occupied with God and filled
with Him. This forgetfulness of.self is the martyrdom
of self-love; it is its death, and an annihilation which
leaves it without resources; then the heart dilates and
is enlarged. We are relieved by casting fmm us the
dangerous weight of self which formerly overwhelmed
us. We look upon God as a good Father who leads us,
as it were, by the hand in the present moment; and all
our mt is in humble and firm confidence in His fatherly
goodness.
"If anything is capable of making a heart free and
unrestrained, it is perfect abandonment to God and His
holy will; this abandonment fills the heart with a divine
peace more abundant than the fullest floods. If anything
can render a mind serene, dissipate the keenest
anxieties, soften the bitterest pains, it is assuredly this
perfect simplicity and liberty of a heart wholly aban.
doned to the hands of God. "
EJACULATION
AY the most just, most high, and most amiable unZl
m of God be done in all things, be praised and magnifien
forever.
IW days' indulgence once a day. - Pius VII, May 19,
1818.
11.-Bbe 5aveb anb Zoet
CERTAIN man said to our blessed Saviour, as we
read in the Gospel of St. Luke (xiii. 23): "Lord,
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