Hearing The Word Is The Devout Receiving

Faith Is The Virtue By Which, Clinging-to The Faithfulness Of God, We Lean Upon Him, So That We May Obtain What He Gives To Us.

The First Act Of Religion, Therefore, Concerns Those Things Which Are Communicated To Us From God. The Other Concerns Those Things Which We Yield To God.

In Contentment And Joy Are Found The Height And Perfection Of All Love Towards Our Neighbor.

In The Exercise Of God's Efficiency, The Decree Of God Comes First. This Manner Of Working Is The Most Perfect Of All And Notably Agrees With The Divine Nature.

The Virtue Of Contentment Is The Acquiescence Of The Mind In The Lot God Has Given