Love Ought To Show Itself In Deeds

To Have Prevented One Single Sin Is Reward Enough For The Labors And Efforts Of A Whole Lifetime.

In The Case Of Those Who Are Making Progress From Good To Better, The Good Angel Touches The Soul Gently, Lightly, Sweetly, As A Drop Of Water Enters A Sponge, While The Evil Spirit Touches It Sharply, With Noise And Disturbance, Like A Drop Of Water Falling On A Rock.

They Who Load Us With Insults And Ignominies Give Us The Means Of Acquiring Treasures More Precious Than Any That Man Can Gain In This Life.

God Our Lord Would Have Us Look To The Giver And Love Him More Than His Gift, Keeping Him Always Before Our Eyes, In Our Hearts, And In Our Thoughts.

All The Things In This World Are Gifts Of God, Created For Us, To Be The Means By Which We Can Come To Know Him Better, Love Him More Surely, And Serve Him More Faithfully.