No Christian Ought To Think Of Himself

If Everyone Would Take Only According To His Needs And Would Leave The Surplus To The Needy, No One Would Be Rich, No One Poor, No One In Misery.

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

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.

Our Savior Was Crucified For Our Sakes That By His Death He Might Give Us Life And Train And Attract Us All To Endurance. To Him I Press On, And To The Father And To The Holy Spirit. I Strive To Be Found True, Judging Myself Unworthy Of This World's Goods; And Yet Not I Because Of The World, But The World Because Of Me. Think Of All These Things In Your Heart; Follow Them With Zeal; Fight, As You Have Been Commanded, For The Truth To The Death: For Christ Was Made 'obedient' Even 'to Death'

I Have Learned From Jesus Christ Himself What Charity Is, And How We Ought To Practise It; For He Says: "by This Shall All Men Know That Ye Are My Disciples, If Ye Love One Another." Never Can I, Therefore, Please Myself In The Hope That I May Obtain The Name Of A Servant Of Christ If I Possess Not A True And Unfeigned Charity Within Me.