Learn to self-conquest persevere thus for a time and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon you apply yourself to orison you will at once feel your senses gather themselves together: they seem like bees which
How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything, save in opposing Thee?
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so I think when we commit a fault, however small, each day and do not cure ourselves of it.
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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