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Troubles Are Usually The Brooms And Shovels That Smooth The Road To A Good Man's Fortune.

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.

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

We Glorify The Holy Ghost Together With The Father And The Son, From The Conviction That He Is Not Separated From The Divine Nature; For That Which Is Foreign By Nature Does Not Share In The Same Honors.

The Steam Of Meat Darkens The Light Of The Spirit...one Hardly Can Have Virtue When One Enjoys Meat Meals And Feasts.