shall now explain. It is not the custom of our Lord to give
these graces to any but to those who keep their consciences in
greater pureness. [8]


1. In the year 1555 (Bouix).

2. See ch. iv. section 10; ch. x. section 1.

3. See Relation, i. section 12.

4. See ch. iv. section 11.

5. Ch. ii. section 8.

6. In the Prologue.

7. Section 1.

8. Ch. iv. section 11.



Chapter X.


The Graces She Received in Prayer. What We Can Do Ourselves.
The Great Importance of Understanding What Our Lord Is Doing
for Us. She Desires Her Confessors to Keep Her Writings Secret,
Because of the Special Graces of Our Lord to Her, Which They Had