Reverend Mother, do not be astonished by anything, I beg you, and practice the Gospel in this particular matter as in your other practices of religion. It is expressed in a digest by two commandments, one wishes that all our desires be towards heaven, lay not up treasures upon earth...but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, the other orders us not to look back and to have our view straight before us advancing more and more on our path, no man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of heaven.
God is so great that he has no need of us nor of our good works to make his plans succeed. For our faults, our hasty and delayed actions, can equally serve him to reach his ends. That is enough to stop all the thoughts and troubles we can have about the past and make us consider only the present time. We must do the best we will be able according to the light we receive from God who laughs to himself at our worries in a way as favorable as the way the prophet, who said he laughed to himself at the calamities of evil persons, was terrible.
There is no better piety than to keep ourselves in peace and joy in the face of all bad happenings. Then we are in a state similar to that of God who never becomes sad or troubles himself with whatever happens in the world. As he hides himself, according to the psalm, in the middle of storms and rescues souls by this strategy, believe that he keeps you in sight among the forces of darkness and will disperse them quickly by his light because of the confidence you will have in him.
Translated from the French by Daniel McNeill
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