It Is Not He Who Begins Well

As It Is Impossible To Verbally Describe The Sweetness Of Honey To One Who Has Never Tasted Honey, So The Goodness Of God Cannot Be Clearly Communicated By Way Of Teaching If We Ourselves Are Not Able To Penetrate Into The Goodness Of The Lord By Our Own Experience.

Do Not Despise The Fish Because They Are Absolutely Unable To Speak Or To Reason, But Fear Lest You May Be Even More Unreasonable Than They By Resisting The Command Of The Creator. Listen To The Fish, Who Through Their Actions All But Utter This Word: 'we Set Out On This Long Journey For The Perpetuation Of Our Species.

What Is The Mark Of A Christian? That He Be Purified Of All Defilement Of The Flesh And Of The Spirit In The Blood Of Christ, Perfecting Sanctification In The Fear Of God And The Love Of Christ, And That He Have No Blemish Nor Spot Nor Any Such Thing; That He Be Holy And Blameless And So Eat The Body Of Christ And Drink His Blood; For 'he That Eateth And Drinketh Unworthily, Eateth And Drinketh Judgement To Himself.' What Is The Mark Of Those Who Eat The Bread And Drink The Cup Of Christ? That They Keep In Perpetual Remembrance Him Who Died For Us And Rose Again.

In The Very Nature Of Every Human Being Has Been Sown The Seed Of The Ability To Love. You And I Ought To Welcome This Seed, Cultivate It Carefully, Nourish It Attentively And Foster Its Growth By Going To The School Of God's Commandments With Help Of His Grace.

Let Sleep Itself Be An Exercise In Piety, For Such As Our Life And Conduct Have Been, So Also Of Necessity Will Be Our Dreams.