Idleness Is The Enemy Of The Soul.

I Have Written The Little Work That Follows . . . In The Role Of One Who Strives To Raise His Mind To The Contemplation Of God And One Who Seeks To Understand What He Believes.

God Does Not Delay To Hear Our Prayers Because He Has No Mind To Give; But That, By Enlarging Our Desires, He May Give Us The More Largely.

A Single Mass Offered For Oneself During Life May Be Worth More Than A Thousand Celebrated For The Same Intention After Death.

Therefore Lord God, You Are More Truly Omnipotent, Because You Have No Power Through Impotence And Nothing Can Be Against You.

There Is No Inconsistency In God's Commanding Us Not To Take Upon Ourselves What Belongs To Him Alone. For To Execute Vengeance Belongs To None But Him Who Is Lord Of All; For When The Powers Of The World Rightly Accomplish This End, God Himself Does It Who Appointed Them For The Purpose.