My Speech Is Too Fast; My Oration

When We Pray We Speak To God; But When We Read, God Speaks To Us.

The Church Was Founded Upon Peter: Although Elsewhere The Same Is Attributed To All The Apostles, And They All Receive The Keys Of The Kingdom Of Heaven, The Strength Of The Church Depends Upon Them All Alike, Yet One Among The Twelve Is Chosen So That When A Head Has Been Appointed, There May Be No Occasion For Schism.

Seek To Learn On Earth Those Truths Which Will Remain Ever Valid In Heaven

Who Would Have Believed That The Daughters Of That Mighty City Would One Day Be Wandering As Servants And Slaves On The Shores Of Egypt And Africa, Or That Bethlehem Would Daily Receive Noble Romans, Distinguished Ladies, Brought Up In Wealth And Now Reduced To Beggary? I Cannot Help Them All, But I Grieve And Weep With Them, And Am Completely Absorbed In The Duties Which Charity Imposes On Me. I Have Put Aside My Commentary On Ezekiel And Almost All Study. For Today We Must Translate The Precepts Of The Scriptures Into Deeds; Instead Of Speaking Saintly Words, We Must Act Them.

Every Day We Are Changing, Every Day We Are Dying, And Yet We Fancy Ourselves Eternal.