Twenty-eighth Day
Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart; it shall give joy and gladness (Ecclus. i. 18).
The heart of fools is in their mouth; and the mouth of wise men is in their heart (Ecclus, xxiii. 17).
Godliness with contentment is great gain. Having food, and wherewith to be covered — with these we are content (1 Tim. vi. 6, 8).
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content (Prov. xv. 16).
Twenty-ninth Day
AMEN, amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father anything in My name, He will give it you (John xvi. 23). I can do all things in Him Who strengtheneth me (Phil. iv. 13). The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him; to all that call upon Him in truth. He will do the will of them that fear Him, and He will hear their prayer and save them (Ps. cxliv. 18, 19). "By prayer," says St. Bonaventure, "is obtained the possession of every good, and deliverance from every evil."
He hath regard to the prayer of the humble (Ps. ci. 18). God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble (James iv. 6). The prayer of him that humbleth himself shall pierce the clouds; . . . and he will not depart till the Most High behold (Ecclus. XXXV. 21). A contrite and humble heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise (Ps. l. 19). Thou Who savest them that trust in Thee (Ibid. xvi. 7). Because he hath hoped in Me, ... I will deliver him and I will glorify him (Ibid. xc. 14, 15). But they that hope in the Lord, shall renew their strength (Is. xl. 31). No one
