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"Sometimes I have felt singularly present and in intimate communion with certain of the saints, such as St.Francis of Assisi, St.
Bonaventure, St.Thomas, St.Peter of Alcantara, our holy father Alphonsus, etc.

During this time--and sometimes it is for many days--the life, the virtues, the spirit with which the saint acted occupies almost exclusively my mind.

I seem to feel their presence much more intimately and really than that of those who are around me.
I understand and comprehend them better, and experience a more salutary influence from them than perhaps I would have done had I lived and been with them in their time.

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