God Is Displeased At The

Before The Coming Of Jesus Christ, Men Fled Away From God And, Being Attached To The Earth, Refused To Unite Themselves To Their Creator. But The Loving God Has Drawn Them To Himself By The Bonds Of Love, As He Promised By The Prophet Osee [hosea]: "i Will Draw Them With The Cords Of Adam, With The Bonds Of Love" (11:4). These Bonds Are The Benefits, The Lights, The Calls To His Love, The Promises Of Paradise Which He Makes To Us, But Above All, The Gift Which He Has Bestowed Upon Us Of Jesus Christ In The Sacrifice Of The Cross And In The Sacrament Of The Altar.

We Must Show Charity Towards The Sick, Who Are In Greater Need Of Help. Let Us Take Them Some Small Gift If They Are Poor, Or, At Least Let Us Go And Wait On Them And Comfort Them.

What Is It That Renders Death Terrible? Sin. We Must Therefore Fear Sin, Not Death.

Let Us Read The Lives Of The Saints; Let Us Consider The Penances Which They Performed, And Blush To Be So Effeminate And So Fearful Of Mortifying Our Flesh.

What Grieves Me Most In My Past Offenses, O My Loving God, Is Not So Much The Punishment I Have Deserved, As The Displeasure I Have Given You, Who Are Worthy Of Infinite Love.