Letter 63. To a Lady

.... I CANNOT understand why those who have given themselves up to God and His Goodness are not always cheerful, for what possible happiness can be equal to that? No accidents or imperfections which may happen ought to have power to trouble them, or to hinder their looking upward. Be tranquil, and abide in gentleness and humility of heart You have heard of all our little sorrows, which I might well have called great, but for God’s special graces to the souls He has taken away — ^my brother died like a Religious among soldiers, my sister like a saint among Religious*

C4«4.] LXVI.