Every Evil Is A Sickness Of Soul,

O God, Enlarge Within Us The Sense Of Fellowship With All Living Things, Even Our Brothers, The Animals, To Whom Thou Gavest The Earth As Their Home In Common With Us. We Must Remember With Shame That In The Past We Have Exercised The High Dominion Of Man With Ruthless Cruelty So That The Voice Of The Earth, Which Should Have Gone Up To Thee In Song, Has Been A Groan Of Pain. May We Realize That They Live, Not For Us Alone, But For Themselves And For Thee And That They Love The Sweetness Of Life.

We Must Always Be On Guard Lest, Under The Pretext Of Keeping One Commandment, We Be Found Breaking Another.

Strive To Attain To The Greater Virtues, But Do Not Neglect The Lesser Ones. Do Not Make Light Of A Fall Even If It Be The Most Venial Of Faults; Rather, Be Quick To Repair It By Repentance, Although Many Others May Commit A Large Number Of Faults, Slight And Grievous, And Remain Unrepentant.

You Have Heaven Adorned, Earth Beautified, The Sea Populated With Its Own Creatures, The Air Filled With Birds Which Scour It In Every Direction. Studious Listener, Think Of All These Creations Which God Has Drawn Out Of Nothing; . . . Recognize Everywhere The Wisdom Of God; Never Cease To Wonder, And, Through Every Creature, To Glorify The Creator.

Whatever Requires An Undue Amount Of Thought Or Trouble Or Involves A Large Expenditure Of Effort And Causes Our Whole Life To Revolve, As It Were, Around Solicitude For The Flesh Must Be Avoided By Christians.