THE PEARL AMONG THE VIRTUES
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that transported and absorbed, I seemed to myself to be amidst the choirs of Angels; and glad and joyful, I sang to God: "After Thee, O Lord, we will run in the fragrancy of Thy celestial ointments."
If you but knew the worth of chastity, how carefully would you watch over this light of your soul, that it might not be turned into darkness! Oh! how happy you are as long as this eye of your soul is bright and serene; woe to you, however, if it is surrounded by darkness.
