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THE CORONATION 163
154. Fear, my dearest, this danger
as thou knowest
it, and do thou live in a continual watchfulness not to
open the gate of thy heart to the wiles of this bloodthirsty
beast Thou hast a warning in Ananias and Saphira, in
to whose soul the demon entered as soon as he had found
out their desire of money and could assault them through
this portal. I do not wish thee to strive after anything
pertaining to this mortal life; and I wish thee so to
suppress and extinguish within thyself all the passions
and inclinations of weak nature, that not even the evil
spirits, with all their watchfulness, shall find in thee the
least disorderly movement of pride, covetousness, van
ity, anger or any other passion. This is the science of
the saints, and without it no one can live secure in mortal
flesh. On account of ignoring it, innumerable souls per
ish. Do thou learn it diligently, and teach it thy religious,
in order that each one may be vigilant over her own self.
With it
they shall live in true peace and charity without
deception; each one, and all of them together, united in
the peaceful tranquillity of the divine Spirit and adorned
by the exercise of all virtues, will be an impregnable for
tress for their enemies. Remind thyself and thy religious
of the chastisement of Ananias and Saphira, exhort them
to be very solicitous in the observance of their rules and
constitutions ;
for thus shall they merit my protection and
special assistance.
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