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delay in imitating me and following me. It is not pos
sible that either thou or any other creature arrive at the
perfection and excellence of my works, nor does the Lord
bind any one to that but
;
with his divine grace thou canst
fill
thy life with works of virtue and holiness, and spend
in them all thy time and all thy faculties so
; that, adding
exercise to exercise, prayer to prayer, petition to petition,
virtue to virtue, thou let no time, no day, no Hour of thy
life be bare of good works learned of me. For this pur
pose I joined other works with those necessary for the
government of the Church, and celebrated the festivals
in the manner and with the preparations thou hast come
to know and describe. As soon as one was solemnized, I
began to prepare me for another, so that not for one mo
ment was my life void of works holy and pleasing in the
sight of the Lord. All the children of the Church, if they
wish, can imitate me and thou shouldst do it more zeal
ously than the others. This is the purpose for which the
Holy Ghost ordained the solemnities and commemora
tions of my divine Son and of myself and of the saints
recurring in the holy Church.
695. As I have exhorted thee many times, I wish that
thou distinguish thyself by their devout celebration,
especially by the celebration of the mysteries of the Divin
ity and humanity of my divine Son, those of my life and
Then I desire in thee a special devotion to
of my glory.
the angels, as well on account of their great excellence,
holiness, beauty and ministry, as also on account of the
great favors and blessings thou hast received through
these celestial spirits. I desire that thou assimilate thy
self to them in purity of thy soul, in the exaltedness of
thy thought, in the fervor of thy love, and in living as
if thou hadst neither an earthly body nor its passions.
They are to be thy friends and companions in
thy pil-
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