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In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Out of pure obedience, I begin to write.

You know, O! Lord, the sacrifice it costs me, such that I
would submit myself to a thousand deaths rather than write

one single line of the things that have passed between me and
You. O! My God, my nature trembles, it feels crushed and

almost undone at the mere thought of it. O please! give me
strength, O! Life of my life, that I may do the Holy Obedience!
You who have given inspiration to the confessor, give me the
Grace to be able to execute what is commanded of me.

O! Jesus, O! Spouse, O! my strength to You I rise, to
You I come, into Your arms I introduce myself, I abandon

myself, I rest. O please! relieve me in my affliction and do not
leave me alone and abandoned! Without Your help, I am sure
I will not have the strength to do this Obedience that costs
me so much I will let myself be defeated by the enemy,

and I fear of being crushed by You, justly, because of my
disobedience.

O please! look at me, again and again, O! Holy Spouse,
in these arms of Yours see by how much darkness I am
surrounded; it is so thick as to allow not even one atom of
Light to enter into my soul. O! my Mystical Sun, Jesus

let this Light shine within my mind, that it may dispel the
darkness and I may freely remember those Graces that You

had given to my soul. O! Eternal Sun, unleash another ray
of Light into my inmost heart, and purify it of the mud in
which it lies ignite it, consume it with Your Love, so that
my heart, which, more than anything, has experienced the

Sweetnesses of Your Love, may manifest them clearly to the
one to whom it is obliged to do so. O! my Sun Jesus, one
more ray of Light upon my lips, that I may say the pure Truth,

with the sole purpose of knowing whether it is really You, or
rather, an illusion from the enemy. But, O! Jesus, how poor
in Light I still see myself in these arms of Yours. O please!

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