St. Jerome Declares That He Holds For

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.

Speak To Him Often Of Your Business, Your Plans, Your Troubles, Your Fears - Of Everything That Concerns You.

"happy He That Knows Thee, Even If He Knows Nothing Else," Says St. Augustine. If We Knew All The Sciences And Knew Not How To Love Jesus Christ, Our Knowledge Shall Profit Us Nothing To Eternal Life. But If We Know How To Love Jesus Christ, We Shall Know All Things, And Shall Be Happy For Eternity.

Just As A Mother Finds Pleasure In Taking Her Little Child On Her Lap, There To Feed And Caress Him, In Like Manner Our Loving God Shows His Fondness For His Beloved Souls Who Have Given Themselves Entirely To Him And Have Placed All Their Hope In His Goodness.

Whoever Prays Is Certainly Saved. He Who Does Not Is Certainly Damned. All The Blessed Have Been Saved By Prayer. All The Damned Have Been Lost Through Not Praying. If They Had Prayed They Would Not Have Been Lost. And This Is, And Will Be Their Greatest Torment In Hell: To Think How Easily They Might Have Been Saved, Just By Asking God For His Grace, But That Now It Is Too Late - Their Time Of Prayer Is Gone.