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Let Us Remember The Devil Labors Hard To Disturb Us At The Time Of Recollection In Order To Make Us Abandon It. Let Him Then Who Omits Mental Prayer On Account Of Distractions Be Persuaded That He Gives Delight To The Devil.

To Obtain Salvation We Must Tremble At The Thought Of Being Lost, And Tremble Not So Much At The Thought Of Hell, As Of Sin, Which Alone Can Send Us Thither. He Who Dreads Sin Avoids Dangerous Occasions, Frequently Recommends Himself To God, And Has Recourse To The Means Of Keeping Himself In The State Of Grace. He Who Acts Thus Will Be Saved; But For Him Who Lives Not In This Manner It Is Morally Impossible To Be Saved.

When We Have To Reply To Anyone Who Has Insulted Us, We Should Be Careful To Do It Always With Gentleness. A Soft Answer Extinguishes The Fire Of Wrath.

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.

The More A Person Loves God, The More Reason He Has To Hope In Him. This Hope Produces In The Saints An Unutterable Peace, Which They Preserve Even In Adversity, Because As They Love God, And Know How Beautiful He Is To Those Who Love Him, They Place All Their Confidence And Find All Their Repose In Him Alone.