Lust Hath These Three Companions: The First,

If One Had Taken What Is Necessary To Cover One's Needs And Had Left The Rest To Those Who Are In Need, No One Would Be Rich, No One Would Be Poor, No One Would Be In Need.

[every Disappointment Or Misfortune Can Become A Blessing In Disguise, For Which We Should Be Grateful. But Only If The Hidden Blessing Is Anticipated, Expected And Searched For Will It Be Found And Recognised As Such And The Most Made Of It. For Example...] Many A Man Curses The Rain That Falls Upon His Head, And Knows Not That It Brings Abundance To Drive Away Hunger.

Through The Holy Spirit Comes Our Restoration To Paradise, Our Ascension Into The Kingdom Of Heaven, Our Return To The Adoption Of Sons, Our Liberty To Call God Our Father, Our Being Made Partakers Of The Grace Of Christ, Our Being Called Children Of Light, Our Sharing In Eternal Glory, And, In A Word, Our Being Brought Into A State Of All "fulness Of Blessing," Both In This World And In The World To Come, Of All The Good Gifts That Are In Store For Us, By Promise Hereof, Through Faith, Beholding The Reflection Of Their Grace As Though They Were Already Present, We Await The Full Enjoyment.

What Is The Benefit Of Fasting In Our Body While Filling Our Souls With Innumerable Evils? He Who Does Not Play At Dice, But Spends His Leisure Otherwise, What Nonsense Does He Not Utter? What Absurdities Does He Not Listen To? Leisure Without The Fear Of God Is, For Those Who Do Not Know How To Use Time, The Teacher Of Wickedness.

Every Evil Is A Sickness Of Soul, But Virtue Offers The Cause Of Its Health.