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Life of Father Hecker

CHAPTER XIX
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Oh, dear God! give me Thy aid, and help me in my weaknesses.

What sins can I accuse myself of now?
First--oh, Love! give me light to accuse myself--to see my sins.

_This is my greatest sin; that I cannot accuse myself and am so wicked._ "Each day I omit a hundred duties that I should not.

Lord, give me Thy Spirit, that I may be humble, meek, and sweet in all my walk and conversation.

Fill my heart with Thy love." In a little while he found himself able to study more diligently, and though he continually regrets the inroad this makes upon his interior life, he seems not only to have persevered, but to have taken considerable interest and an active part in the debates got up at regular intervals by the class he had joined.


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