To Lovers Of The Truth,

Many A Man Curses The Rain That Falls Upon His Head, And Knows Not That It Brings Abundance To Drive Away The Hunger.

Whatever Requires An Undue Amount Of Thought Or Trouble Or Involves A Large Expenditure Of Effort And Causes Our Whole Life To Revolve, As It Were, Around Solicitude For The Flesh Must Be Avoided By Christians.

You Have Heaven Adorned, Earth Beautified, The Sea Populated With Its Own Creatures, The Air Filled With Birds Which Scour It In Every Direction. Studious Listener, Think Of All These Creations Which God Has Drawn Out Of Nothing; . . . Recognize Everywhere The Wisdom Of God; Never Cease To Wonder, And, Through Every Creature, To Glorify The Creator.

In Truth, To Know Oneself Seems To Be The Hardest Of All Things. Not Only Our Eye, Which Observes External Objects, Does Not Use The Sense Of Sight Upon Itself, But Even Our Mind, Which Contemplates Intently Another's Sin, Is Slow In The Recognition Of Its Own Defects.

O Sinner, Be Not Discouraged, But Have Recourse To Mary In All You Necessities. Call Her To Your Assistance, For Such Is The Divine Will That She Should Help In Every Kind Of Necessity.