Be Praised, My Lord, Through Those Who

Such Was The Will Of The Father That His Son, Blessed And Glorious, Whom He Gave To Us, And Who Was Born For Us, Should By His Own Blood, Sacrifice, And Oblation, Offer Himself On The Altar Of The Cross, Not For Himself, By Whom "all Things Were Made," But For Our Sins, Leaving Us An Example That We Should Follow His Steps.

Above All The Grace And The Gifts That Christ Gives To His Beloved Is That Of Overcoming Self.

Be Praised, O My Lord By Brother Wind, By Air And Cloud And Every Clime To Whom Thou Givest Sustenance Unto Their Kind.

Holy Obedience Confounds All Bodily And Fleshly Desires And Keeps The Body Mortified To The Obedience Of The Spirit And To The Obedience Of One's Brother And Makes A Man Subject To All The Men Of This World And Not To Men Alone, But Also To All Beasts And Wild Animals, So That They May Do With Him Whatsoever They Will, In So Far As It May Be Granted To Them From Above By The Lord.

Sanctify Yourself And You Will Sanctify Society.