April 21st
Book Four, Chapter 15
The Grace of Devotion is Acquired by Humility and Self-Abnegation

Whoever, therefore, with simplicity of heart shall raise up his intention to God, and disengage himself from all inordinate love or dislike of any created being, he shall be the most apt to receive grace, and worthy of the gift of devotion.  For the Lord bestows His benediction there where He finds vessels empty.  And the more perfectly one forsakes the things below, and the more he dies to himself by contempt of himself, the more speedily grace comes, enters in more plentifully, and the higher it elevates a heart that is free....

Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who seeks God with his whole heart, and takes not his soul in vain.  Such a one, in receiving the Holy Eucharist, obtains the great grace of Divine union; because he does not regard his own devotion and consolation, but above all devotion and consolation he regards the honor and glory of God.