There Is No Creature So Small And

It Is Easier Not To Speak A Word At All Than To Speak More Words Than We Should.

My God, Sweetness Beyond Words, Make Bitter All The Carnal Comfort That Draws Me From Love Of The Eternal And Lures Me To Its Evil Self By The Sight Of Some Delightful Good In The Present. Let It Not Overcome Me, My God. Let Not Flesh And Blood Conquer Me. Let Not The World And Its Brief Glory Deceive Me, Nor The Devil Trip Me By His Craftiness. Give Me Courage To Resist, Patience To Endure, And Constancy To Persevere. Give Me The Soothing Unction Of Your Spirit Rather Than All The Consolations Of The World, And In Place Of Carnal Love, Infuse Into Me The Love Of Your Name.

It Is Thy Duty Often Times To Do What Thou Wouldst Not; Thy Duty Too, To Leave Undone That Thou Wouldst Do.

Occasions Of Adversity Best Discover How Great Virtue Or Strength Each One Hath. For Occasions Do Not Make A Man Frail, But They Show What He Is.

Sweet Shall Be Your Rest If Your Heart Does Not Reproach You.