Letter 107. To a Religious

Serve God with stedfast courage, and to the utmost of your power, in the exercises pertaining to your vocation. Love all your neighbours, but especially those to whom God has given the strongest claims upon your affection. Set yourself stedfastly to those duties which have the least attractive exterior; it matters not whether God's Holy Will be fulfilled in great or small matters. Long ceaselessly after perfect union of your will with that of our Lord. Be patient with yourself and your own failings; never be in a hurry, and do not yield to longings after that which is impossible to you. My dear sister, go on steadily and quietly; — ^if our Dear Lord means you to run, He will ‘‘ strengthen your heart but meanwhile abide by His precept, “ Learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly of heart.''

C718.] CXI.