We may know with certainty that nothing
belongs to us except our vices and sins. We must rejoice, instead, when we fall
into various trials and, in this world, suffer every kind of anguish or
distress of soul and body for the sake of eternal life.
Let all the brothers therefore, beware of all
pride and vainglory. Let us guard ourselves from the wisdom of this world and
the prudence of the flesh. Because the spirit of the flesh very much wants and
strives to have the words but cares little for the manner of working; it does
not seek a religion and holiness in an interior spirit, but wants and desires
to have a religion and holiness outwardly apparent to people. They are the ones
of whom the Lord says: Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. The
Spirit of the Lord, however, wants the flesh to be mortified and despised,
considered of little worth, rejected and insulted. It strives for humility and
patience, pure simplicity and true peace of the spirit. Above all, it desires
the divine fear, the divine wisdom and the divine love of the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit.
Let us refer all good to the Lord, God
Almighty and Most High, acknowledge that every good is his, and thank him “from
whom all good comes for everything.” May he, the Almighty and Most High, the
only true God, have, be given, and receive all honor and respect, all praise
and blessing, all thanks and glory, to whom all good belongs, he who alone is
good.
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