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Saturday, March 31, 2018

31.  To offer to God the affronts that you receive, and not to complain of them to others.

32.  To observe punctually the rules of the monastery.  St. Francis de Sales used to say that the most austere penance of a religious is to deny self-will, and to be content that the observance of the Rule be the priest that every moment offers such a sacrifice to God.  He would frequently say that the predestination of religious is annexed to the love of their Rule.  And to Superiors he used to say, that to fulfil their office they should do nothing else than observe the Rule, and see that it be observed by others.

33.  To regard the Superiors as the person of Jesus Christ, and therefore to obey them punctually and without reply.

34.  To love the most lowly offices.  To select the poorest things.  To humble yourself even to inferior sisters.  Not to speak of yourself either well or ill:  for speaking ill of yourself sometimes foments pride.  Not to excuse yourself when reproved, nor even when you are calumniated, unless it is absolutely necessary to excuse yourself in order to prevent scandal to others.

35.  To visit the sick, and to assist them according to the best of your ability, particularly those that are abandoned.

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