Victorin Galabert Letter 34, 1857 This letter is addressed to Fr. d’Alzon on Tuesday the 1st of December, 1857. It is not on the CD but in Volume No. 1 of JPPM on pages 142-143. RESUME: Here is the explanation that JPPM gives. This letter which is absent from the typewritten book, was classified as Letter168 (sic). It is not dated by Fr. Galabert but it is in his hand writing. We are putting it here chronologically. This is a double of the preceding letter. There are quite a number of corrections on the letter 36. This is one reason for this letter. He wanted to give Fr. d’Alzon a cleaner copy but on second thought he did not. Fr... d’Alzon has already asked him to write his spiritual reflections on a separate sheet of paper, so that he could discard them. . God continues to shower his blessings upon me and I continue to be an ingrate. This is the faithful summary of the state of my soul. She often takes good and excellent resolutions but as always these are no more than wishes. The acts never follow. She would like to give herself to God, to live or him and in him, she really wants this and at the time she is sincere but to pass to acts, one would have to fix one’s attention on it. On the contrary my attention roams; she would have to renounce a thousand and one small satisfactions of self-love, of will, of curiosity and she has neither the courage nor the strength to do his. God is always calling her forth and at times the pressure is intense. Nothing doing. She continues to promise and never to take account of her promises. She likes it when people pay attention to her. She likes to be given attention to a lot. Nothing disturbs her. Nothing irritates her like to see others not paying attention to her. She will easily forgive a world of contempt, an injury even but she cannot be forgotten and despised. Also she imagines that everyone is talking about her, is observing her. During this novena of the Immaculate Conception she tries to live up to, to strengthen and to remember that three years ago on the same day she promised Jesus and Mary to give up herself and to live for others. She observes whether or not she was faithful to this promise and truth forces to recognize that she has done nothing, Just like three years ago she seeks herself and God can give himself to her, she does not want to renounce anything. This poor soul seeks everywhere consolations and her ease and everywhere there is a cross to be endured, she runs away and flees it. If she doesn’t pass buy (= not do) her exercises of piety it is that she finds pleasure and happiness in them. But for the least satisfaction she will neglect them, shorten them, and pretexts do not lack for her to excuse her negligence and her laziness and God loves her always despite her lack of gratitude., Calls her to himself and the happiness she feels in accomplishing her duties prevents her from going completely astray and to lose herself. Sometimes she has a sincere desire to suffer for him and asks God to send her some trials. But her good Master does not let himself listen to her. From time to time she recognizes her nothingness, her misery and at that time of avowal she gets much energy. Unfortunately the thoughts of pride and vanity dominate and she loses herself. Certainly she has no reason to be proud of herself for if God abandoned her to her own strength whatew9uod happen t0 her? Who knows what would she become? She is not in the presence of God for a single instant that impure thoughts and extravagant ones distract her and keep her from God, At the time the beast is not too rebellious at this moment. Please, Reverend Father mine, do not forget me in your tests and let me recommend myself to those who suffer for Jesus –Christ I have the honor in Jesus and Mary to be your all devoted son. Vn Galabert
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