XXVI. To a Dominican sister of Dublin

• Pax 41, Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, S.W.* yp ok. ae My dear Child,

It was a real sacrifice for me not to have been able to see you before leaving. I had all arranged for that; but unforeseen circumstances prevented me. I start to-morrow for Holland; and hope to get on to Maredsous. You must pray for me, as I shall run much dangers during these days.

I offer you daily to God at the H. Sacrifice that you may be wholly His. Never forget, dear Child, that that which is not made for God is lost. God alone, and what is done in Him, opera in Deo facta, are eternal. Sr. M. of the Angels, Tyburn Convent, is reading my little note-book. She will send it to you, when she has done; and you, please, send it to D. Aubert, Edermine, Co. Wexford, when you have finished.

Keep on the path I have traced for you. Never forget this, that the more you lean on Jesus, the more you glorify Him; and thus enter into the views of the Father. Libenter gloriabor in infirmitatibus meis.> May God bless and love you, is my sincere prayer.

Yous ever in J.C. + Columba Marmion, Abb.

• “Charity . . . believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things” (I Cor. 37)

• Quite a number of letters written at this time were sent by Abbot Marmion from this same London address.

• “The works done in God.” Council of Trent, Session VI, chap. 16: On Merit.

*“Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities” (II Cor. 12:9).