lives
no
longer
and
works
no
longer
of
itself,
but
God
lives,
acts,
and
operates
in
it
(GaL
iL
20);
and
this
goes
on
increasing,
so
that
it
becomes
perfect
with
God's
perfection,
rich
with
God's
riches,
and
loving
with
God's
love.
The
soul
sees
now
that
whatever
it
owned
for-merly
had
been
in
its
own
possession:
now
it
no
longer
possesses,
but
is
possessed
:
it
only
takes
a
new
life
in
order
to
lose
it
in
God;
or
rather
it
only
lives
with
the
life
of
God
;
and
as
He
is
the
principle
of
life,
the
soul
can
want
nothing.
What
a
gain
it
has
made
by
all
its
losses
!
It
has
lost
the
created
for
the
Creator,
the
nothing
for
the
All
in
all.
All
things
are
given
to
it,
not
in
itself,
but
in
God
\
not
to
be
possessed
by
itself,
but
to
be
possessed
by
God.
Its
riches
are
immense,
for
they
are
God
Himself.
It
feels
its
capacity
in-creasing
day
by
day
to
immensity
:
every
virtue
is
restored
to
it,
but
in
God.
It
must
be
remarked,
that
as
it
was
only
de-spoiled
by
degrees,
so
it
is
only
enriched
and
vivified
by
degrees.
The
more
it
loses
itself
in
God,
the
greater
its
capacity
becomes;
just
as
the
