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Him, too, in order to serve Him and to love Him!

To conclude: St. Teresa says, that holy souls in this world have to conform themselves by love to what the souls of the blessed do in heaven. As the saints in heaven occupy themselves only with God, and have no other thought or joy than in His glory and in His love, so also must this be the case with thee. While thou art in this world, let God be thy only happiness, the only object of thy affections, the only end of all thy actions and desires, until thou comest to that eternal kingdom, where thy love shall be in all things perfected and completed, and thy desires shall be perfectly fulfilled and satisfied.