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From the first letter of Peter with a commentary by Catherine McAuley:
 

We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 

You should now enter on the ways of God….  You should then endeavor to know what are His ways.
 

but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
 

If you keep your hearts thus fervently united to Him, He will pour on your soul fervor and consolation [that] surpasses all the delights of the world.
 

For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that unique declaration came to him from the majestic glory:  “This is my son, my beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”
 

Our blessed savior desires [that the love we have for one another] may be so perfect as to resemble in some manner the Love and Union which subsists Himself and his heavenly Father
 

We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain.
 

Remark the words of our Blessed Lord, quoted in the first section of this Rule:  “Amen, I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.”  This happy vocation is ours, all unworthy as we are of such a grace.
 

Moreover, we possess the prophetic message that is altogether reliable.  You will do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawn and the morning star rises in your hearts.
 

We have one solid comfort amidst this little tripping about, our hearts can always be in the same place, centered in God, for whom alone we go forward or stay back.
 

The word of the Lord…and Catherine.