"I have loved you with an everlasting love...And I know the plans I have for you says the Lord"
Jeremiah:29-31
Trust only in Jesus Christ, who is faithful and endures forever: everything passes away except for good works. You should be ever wakeful and ready to leave, for if we really think about it we are at constant war with the world, the flesh and the devil, and we must always watch over ourselves because we do not know the hour at which they will knock at the door of our souls.
When you go to bed, make the sign of the cross and affirm your faith by reciting the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, the Ave Maria and the Salve Regina, which are the four prayers that Holy Mother Church commands us to recite. Do not be sorrowful, seek consolation in Jesus Christ alone, do not look for consolations in this life but in heaven, and give unceasing thanks to God for everything it is his will to give you here. When you are troubled or distressed, turn to the Passion of Jesus Christ our Lord and to his precious wounds, and you will feel great consolation. Reflect on his life: what was it if not trial and toil, so as to set us an example? He preached by day and prayed by night. The only truly happy person is the one who loves Jesus Christ, giving everything for the everything which is Jesus Christ. If we reflected on the breadth of God’s mercy, we would never cease doing good while we were able because, while for his love we give the poor what he himself gives us, he promises to reward us one hundredfold in the joy of heaven. What a happy reward and exchange! Who will not give what he possesses to this blessed merchant, seeing that he offers us such a good bargain and with open arms begs us to be converted, to mourn over our sins, and to have charity first towards our own souls and then towards our neighbor? For as water puts out fire, so charity wipes out sin. May our Lord Jesus Christ protect you. Your lesser and disobedient brother, John of God, dying if God so wills, but keeping silent and hoping in God and desiring the salvation of all people as much as his own. Amen Jesus. Saint John of God |
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