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In Temptations Against Chastity, The Spiritual Masters Advise Us, Not So Much To Contend With The Bad Thought, As To Turn The Mind To Some Spiritual, Or, At Least, Indifferent Object. It Is Useful To Combat Other Bad Thoughts Face To Face, But Not Thoughts Of Impurity.

What Does It Cost Us To Say: "my God Help Me! Have Mercy On Me!" Is There Anything Easier Than This? And This Little Will Suffice To Save Us If We Be Diligent In Doing It.

Certainly Amongst All Devotions, After That Of Receiving The Sacraments, That Of Adoring Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament Holds First Place, Is Most Pleasing To God, And Most Useful To Ourselves. Do Not Then, O Devout Soul, Refuse To Begin This Devotion; And Forsaking The Conversation Of Men, Dwell Each Day, From This Time Forward, For At Least Half Or Quarter Of An Hour, In Some Church, In The Presence Of Jesus Christ Under The Sacramental Species. Taste And See How Sweet Is The Lord.

Acquire The Habit Of Speaking To God As If You Were Alone With Him, Familiarly And With Confidence And Love, As To The Dearest And Most Loving Of Friends. Speak To Him Often Of Your Business, Your Plans, Your Troubles, Your Fears - Of Everything That Concerns You. Converse With Him Confidently And Frankly; For God Is Not Wont To Speak To A Soul That Does Not Speak To Him.

It Often Happens That We Pray God To Deliver Us From Some Dangerous Temptation, And Yet That God Does Not Hear Us, But Permits The Temptation To Continue Troubling Us. In Such A Case, Let Us Understand That God Permits Even This For Our Greater Good.