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Having made this resolution, wait attentively, and open the ears
of your heart, that you may in spirit hear the absolution which
the Lord of your soul, sitting on the throne of His Mercy, will
speak in Heaven before the Saints and Angels when His Priest
absolves you here below in His Name. Be sure that all that company
of blessed ones rejoice in your joy, and sing a song of untold
gladness, embracing you and accepting you as cleansed and
sanctified.
Of a truth, my daughter, this is a marvellous deed, and a most
blessed bargain for you, inasmuch as giving yourself to His Divine
Majesty, you gain Him, and save yourself for eternal life. No more
remains to do, save to take the pen and heartily sign your
protest, and then hasten to the Altar, where God on His side will
sign and seal your absolution, and His promise of Paradise, giving
Himself to you in His Sacrament, as a sacred seal placed upon your
renewed heart.
And thus, dear child, your soul will be cleansed from sin, and
from all its affections. But forasmuch as these affections are
easily rekindled, thanks to our infirmity and concupiscence (which
maybe mortified, but which can never be altogether extinguished
while we live), I will give you certain counsels by the practice
of which you may henceforth avoid mortal sin, and the affections
pertaining thereto. And as these counsels will also help you to
attain a yet more perfect purification, before giving them, I
would say somewhat concerning that absolute perfection to which I
seek to lead you.
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