April 23
Be guided by divine providence lovingly, whether you want to walk on land and deserts, either by the waters of the sensitive and spiritual consolations. Keep your hand in your "bouquet" (perfume), but if you have any other smell delicious, be sure to smell it, giving thanks, because the "bouquet" takes to not stay for long without some comfort and spiritual pleasure.
Stand firm in all the situations that Jesus wants to take your heart be totally for him there is nothing better than this. Shed, then, of all things that enslave you, based on continuous resignations your earthly affections, and be convinced that the king of heaven offer their gifts to draw you to His love.
I see in your heart a profound resolution to serve God, and this I guarantee that you will be faithful in the holy exercises of devotion and the constant effort to acquire the virtues. But I remember one thing, that you certainly do not ignore it. When you meet with failure because of illness, you should not miss in any way, but, hating the one hand that God gets the offense, must, on the other, get some humility joyful, to see and know our misery.
(January 12, 1917, Herminia Gargani - Letters. III, p. 669)
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