17. A Religious has a right to rejoice when treated as a
fool.
18. A Religious has a right to be the crucified spouse of Jesus crucified.
19. And if, by her conduct, a Religious derives profit from her rights, she will have the right to live and to reign eternally with
Jesus Crucified.
THE RELIGIOUS WHO WILL NEVER BE PERFECT IS:
She who excuses herself.
She who murmurs and finds fault with everything.
She who complains of the food.
She who ridicules others.
She who is indifferent about little things.
She who evades the vigilance of her Superiors.
Two things of which one must never complain: clothes or food.
Two prayers which one should frequently repeat: My God, let me be neither curious nor talkative.
Two actions for which one must be always ready: to communicate, to die.
'TIS WELL.
'Tis well with clear intelligence to see
That he who says, "I, Lord, will follow Thee,"
Says in effect, "I, Lord, will humble be!"
Then of supremest import 'tis to know:
Humility, wherefrom all graces flow,
Without humiliations ne'er can grow.
As, then, humiliations are the rod
To perfect those by whom the path is trod
That leads thro' earthly trials up to God,
Who that is prudent will not welcome scorn,
And joy to see in shreds his honor torn,
If Christ may only thus in him be born?
A PRAYER FOR RETREAT.
"Domine, ut Videam!"
Apart into a desert place
My God, Thou leadest me;
And here I ask one only grace:
O Lord, that I may see!
Nature and earth soft vapors raise,
That dim my inward sight,
Oh, scatter that deceitful haze,
And let me see aright!
