O Lord, You Know What

Count Not Thyself To Have Found True Peace, If Thou Hast Felt No Grief; Nor That Then All Is Well If Thou Hast No Adversary; Nor That This Is Perfect, If All Things Fall Out According To Thy Desire.

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.

A Man That Is Well Ordered In His Soul Needeth Little The Unkind Demeanor Of Worldly People Nor Yet Their Proud Behavior.

For They Truly Know Their Lord In The Breaking Of Bread, Whose Heart Within Them So Vehemently Burneth, Whilst Thou, O Blessed Jesus, Dost Walk And Converse With Them.

Love Alone Makes Heavy Burdens Light And Bears In Equal Balance Things Pleasing And Displeasing. Love Bears A Heavy Burden And Does Not Feel It, And Love Makes Bitter Things Tasteful And Sweet.