Let us fall in love with Christ! Then from within us-accompanied by our longing, our warm feeling, our love-the name of Christ will resound. In truth, we will be crying out His name secretly, without words. Let us stand before God in an attitude of adoration, humbly! Let us follow after Him in the footsteps of Christ! May Christ, in doing so, free us from every trace of the old man within us! Turn to Him in prayer, asking that He grant you tears even before prayer begins! But take care! Let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Pray with contrition: "Am I worthy, O Christ my Lord, that You should grant me such grace?" Then the tears are transformed into tears of thanksgiving. I am overcome; I have not fulfilled the will of God, yet I beg for His mercy.
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Who can do you harm, my child, if you have Christ inside your heart. Turn your eyes towards Christ. You don't become saints by chasing away the evil. Forget about the evil. You should actually turn your eyes towards Christ and He will save you. Instead of standing at the door and shooing away the enemy, despise him. When you see evil approaching from one direction, you softly give your attention to something else. So, when the evil is coming to offend you, give your interior strength to good, to Christ. Plead: 'Our Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me.' He knows how to give you His mercy and in whatever way that is best for you. And after you are full of good, then you no longer turn your attention towards the evil. With the grace of God, you become good. And then the evil is unable to find a place to stand and disappears.
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