Rome, A pril 27, 1919. Discalced Carmelites General House, Corso dltalia, 38. My Very Reverend Mother Prioress: As you have kindly asked my opinion of theS piritual Exercises that you have translated from French into English, and propose to have printed, I can only say with his Eminence, Cardinal Donnet, Archbishop of Bordeaux, who approved them in 1852: They denote a profound knowledge of the spirit of Carmel, and will serve greatly to maintain and develop it. What pleases me above all is that the author insists so much on the meditation of theL ife ofO urL ord Jesus Christ, which is the pure doctrine of our Holy Mother Teresa of Jesus, and of our Father St. John of the Cross. No one can advance in virtue ,says the latter, but in following Our Lord Jesus Christ; He is theW ay, the Truth, and theL ife, the only gate by which any one who pretends to be saved, should enter. Let the first care of your heart therefore be, to excite in yourself an ardent desire to imitate Jesus Christ in al . CLICK HERE TO START DOWNLOAD