When you have found a guide, do not regard him as an ordinary man, nor trust in him as such, nor in his human knowledge, but in God, who will himself guide you through his appointed channel, prompting him to do and say what you most require.
Have towards him an open heart in all faithfulness and sincerity, laying bare to him evil and good in yourself without pretense or dissimulation. By this means, what is good in you will be examined and established, what is evil remedied and corrected; you will be relieved and comforted in your sorrows, and moderated and restrained in your prosperity.
Place entire confidence in him, mingled with reverence, so that reverance does not hinder confidence, nor confidence lessen your reverance. Trust him with the love of a daughter to a father, esteem him with the confidence of a son towards his mother.
Let this friendship be loving and firm, spiritual and holy.
Source: Athirst for God, Daily Readings with St. Francis de Sales
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