In our communion with our Lord we should find all our delight, caring not whether it is his good pleasure to give us consolation or desolation. This absolute dependence on and conformity to the will of God is the sum and root of perfection.… The whole doctrine of our blessed Father tends to perfect denudation of self.… We are all called to this perfection, and to attain to it there is no need to weaken the body by penances and austerities. We are, therefore, without excuse if we fail to practice