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"...Twelve I will die through chastity by submitting my body to every kind of anguish and suffering out of love for my God.  I will avoid every occasion of sin so that I may not rebel and tarnish such a beautiful lily.  I will watch over my feelings with the utmost vigilance so that no evil may enter through them.  A dead person has no feelings.  Neither do I want to have any feeling which might offend my God.

I will also avoid every least occasion of attachment, because Jesus wants to be the sole Master of my heart.  He wants my intentions to be pure.  He wants me to live for the glory of God and the salvation my soul.  He wants my affections to be pure, with no love for creatures or anything else.  He wants me to be free of desires and to seek only Jesus, who delights in the pure  lilies.  Thus  I  want  to  be dead to every pleasing of myself and to sacrifice myself continually on the most holy cross of my Spouse, Jesus.  Oh, the holy death of one who lives chastely for you, my Jesus!..." Continue...

Paul of the Cross'
Mystical Death