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Luke xii. 19. in the end of a man there is no remedy. Therefore we know nothing better than to eat and drink and be merry while there is still time.
Matt. xi. 25.
Eccli. xxiii. 1.
But the Blessed Francis,
hearing these things, marvelled
in his Heart and gave Thanks
to God, saying: Blessed art
Thou, O Lord God, Who
hast hid these things from the
Wise and Prudent, and revealed
them unto Babes. Even
so, Father, for so it hath
seemed good in Thy Sight.
O God, the Author and Ruler
of my being, deliver me not
